
Cape Fear
1962, Mystery & thriller, 1h 45m
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An exemplary thriller powered by Robert Mitchum's chilling performance and Bernard Herrmann's sinister score, Cape Fear seethes with perfectly modulated tension. Read critic reviews
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Sam Bowden
Max Cady
Peggy Bowden
Nancy Bowden
Police Chief Mark Dutton
Dave Grafton
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Oct 29, 2019Gripping melodrama that's produced to near perfection with the direction of J. Lee Thompson, the performance of Robert Mitchum, the cinematography of Sam Leavitt, and the score by Bernard Herrmann. The film has a Hitchcockian tone and in fact he was slated to direct and storyboarded the entire film but quit because of a dispute with the producer. Thompson, a big fan of Hitchcock, seems to pay homage to the filmmaker with this work.Aldo G Super Reviewer
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Aug 10, 2012Peck and Mitchum are great adversaries to one another, and I like that its a thriller that revolves around their characters opposing economic and social backgrounds as much as the endless cycle of vengeance and harassment between them. Bernard Herrmann's score is one for the ages.Alec B Super Reviewer
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Jun 02, 2012It's not what he does ... it's what he may do. Mitchum gives elegance to one of the screen's worst creepy bad guys, conveying evil with his eyes, along with the screaming realization that he's gonna enjoy doing it. The battle between the forces of good versus the other has seldom been more clearly delineated.
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Jan 06, 2012This gets a near perfect score just from Robert Mitchum's performance along. My God, is that man made to play psychotics.John B Super Reviewer
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