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Cape Fear is a 1962 American psychological thriller film noir directed by J. Lee Thompson, from a screenplay by James R. Webb, adapting the 1957 novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald.
Cape Fear: Directed by J. Lee Thompson. With Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin. A lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail.
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- Drama, Thriller
- J. Lee Thompson
- 1962-06-15
Cape Fear. Released Apr 12, 1962 1h 45m Mystery & Thriller. List. 92% Tomatometer 25 Reviews. 86% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings. After an eight-year prison sentence for rape, Max Cady (Robert...
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- Gregory Peck
- J. Lee Thompson
- Mystery & Thriller
Cape Fear (1962) -- (Movie Clip) What He Might Do Following the poisoning of the family dog, daughter (Lori Martin) and mom (Polly Bergen) get the low down from lawyer, husband and dad Sam (Gregory Peck) about his enemy in town, in Cape Fear, 1962, from a John D. MacDonald novel.
- J. Lee Thompson, Ray Gosnell Jr.
- Gregory Peck
Cape Fear, American thriller film, released in 1962, that was a suspenseful tale of revenge, especially noted for Robert Mitchum’s chilling performance. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
- Lee Pfeiffer
Screenplay. Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
Having nothing but time on his hands, brutal, irredeemable criminal Max Cady re-enters the life of strait-laced lawyer and family man Sam Bowden after serving a life-changing eight-year stint in jail for assault.
