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Name: Cape Fear (1962)
Released: 1962-3-31
Cast: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Telly Savalas

Cape Fear (1962)

NR
1h 45m
1962

92%

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Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum star in Hollywood's classic tale of revenge and murder. Robert Mitchum is unforgettable as Max Cady, an ex-con determined to exact a terrible revenge on Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck) and his family. Sam is a small-town lawyer whose worst nightmare comes true when the criminal he helped put away returns to stalk his beautiful young wife (Polly Bergen) and teenage daughter (Lori Martin). Despite help from the local police chief (Martin Balsam) and a private detective (Telly Savalas), Sam is legally powerless to keep Max from playing his sadistic game of cat and mouse. Finally, Sam must put his family's lives at stake in a deadly trap that leads to one of the most suspenseful and heart-pounding confrontations ever committed to film. Director J. Lee Thompson builds tension with each scene leading to a deadly showdown at Cape Fear. This is truly a masterpiece of shock and suspense.

Director:

J. Lee Thompson

Producer:

Sy Bartlett

Writer:

James R. Webb

Cast:

Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Telly Savalas

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

92%

Critics Consensus: An exemplary thriller powered by Robert Mitchum's chilling performance and Bernard Herrmann's sinister score, Cape Fear seethes with perfectly modulated tension.

Reviews

Observer (UK)

Penelope Gilliatt

There is some efficient terror-business in the film, but the suspicion that a meal is being made of your cringing stomach and your glazed eyeballs isn't very endearing. Nor is the brutal retributive climax.

A sturdy, frightening thriller, with Robert Mitchum in a powerhouse turn.

[Mitchum] makes the nice folks look weak and unconvincing. But then the story as a whole isn't realistic -- though it goes into unnecessary and distasteful detail.

The film gets all the beats right; the situations alternate between nerve-wracking and infuriating and horrifying, all while the pacing stays precise.

It's clear virtually from the get-go that Cape Fear's success is due almost entirely to Mitchum's absolutely spellbinding turn as the vile antagonist...

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Additional Info

Genre:Thriller, Drama
Release Date:March 31, 1962
Languages:English
Captions:English
Audio Format:
Stereo

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