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Cape Fear

Cast

Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin View All

Crew

J. Lee Thompson (Director), James R. Webb (Screenplay) View All

Release: Apr. 12th, 1962

Runtime: 1 hour, 45 minutes

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.

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34 Which version of 'Cape Fear' is better?

Hey all, I was going to rent a copy of "Cape Fear" but then noticed there are two versions. I could just rent both, but I don't want to. Which do you like better: the one from 1962, or th...

3 Cape Fear (1991)

I posted this elsewhere. Must have gotten lost. I watched the 1991 remake of Cape Fear yesterday. For those not familiar with the story line it is as follows. Max Cady a recently released rapist stal...

1 Cape Fear: Original Or Remake?

Cape Fear (1962) Cape Fear (1991) Which do you like? The Robert Mitchum classic, directed by J. Lee Thompson or the Robert De Niro chillfest directed by Martin Scorcese? I prefer the remake. I...

10 Silence Of The Lambs Versus Cape Fear

I found myself pondering this the other day when I was watching an "If We Picked The Winners: 1991" special by Siskel & Ebert. They are both terrific thrillers released in the same year ...

8 Did videocassettes/dvds censor movies? Example, Scorsese's "Cape Fear"

I've only seen Scorsese's "Cape Fear" once, on a videocassette probably in the early 2000s rented from a video store. I could have sworn the scene where the ex-con De Niro beats & rapes...

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Rockatansky
Here, the hero is played by Gregory Peck, who is more readily believable as a stoic, righteous type, having played one for Thompson a year earlier in The Guns of Navarone, a movie that I am completely unable to be partial about as it's a childhood favourite.

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Gideon58
Of course, Martin Scorsese remade this film in 1991 with Robert De Niro as Max Cady, Nick Nolte as Sam Bowden, and Jessica Lange as Bowden's wife.