Cape Fear (1962) | |
| Director(s) | J. Lee Thompson |
| Producer(s) | Sy Bartlett |
| Top Genres | Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Book-Based |
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Cape Fear (1962) was a Thriller/Suspense - Drama Film directed by J. Lee Thompson and produced by Sy Bartlett.
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Cape Fear (1962)
By Beatrice on Sep 12, 2017 From Flickers in TimeCape Fear Directed by J. Lee Thompson Written by James R. Webb from a novel by John D. MacDonald 1962/USA Melville Productions/Talbot Productions Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Mitchum’s Max Cady is scarier than any monster. Max Cady has just been released from eight years in person for assault... Read full article
Cape Fear (1962)
By Marlee Walters on Jul 16, 2014 From SpoilersCape Fear is the first film in my thrillers of the 1960?s series featuring my new theory ?the Psycho effect.? Not just in release year, but also casting and stylistically, Cape Fearis the closest to the noirs of the late 40?s and early 50?s of all of the films I?ll be looking at. However, it is dist... Read full article
Cape Fear (1962)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 21, 2014 From 4 Star FilmsStarring Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, and Polly Bergen, the film is an?ominous?and intense thriller.Peck is an attorney in a small town and he has a beautiful wife and young daughter. However, Max Cady (Mitchum), a man he helped put away, is now out. He makes it clear he wants revenge and he will b... Read full article
Cape Fear (1962)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 21, 2014 From 4 Star FilmsStarring Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, and Polly Bergen, the film is an?ominous?and intense thriller.Peck is an attorney in a small town and he has a beautiful wife and young daughter. However, Max Cady (Mitchum), a man he helped put away, is now out. He makes it clear he wants revenge and he will b... Read full article
Cape Fear (1962) – Reader Request
By Kristen on May 7, 2012 From Journeys in Classic FilmThanks everyone for voting in the first Reader Request poll (that’s what I’m labeling these reviews). ?By a vote of five, the readers requested a review of the 1962 film Cape Fear. ?Cape Fear is one of my favorite movies, and my second favorite Robert Mitchum film (my favorite being Nigh... Read full article
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Quotes from
Max Cady: I got somethin' planned for your wife and kid that they ain't nevah gonna forget. They ain't nevah gonna forget it... and neither will you, Counselor! Nevah!
Sam Bowden: [tries to pay Cady to leave town; Cady wants revenge] You shocking degenerate. I've seen the worst - the dregs - but you... you are the lowest. Makes me sick to breathe the same air.
[leaves the bar]
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Facts about
The trailer and radio spots are narrated by Universal regular, Jeff Morrow.
Gregory Peck, who produced the film, didn't like the original novel's title "The Executioners". When thinking of a new title, he decided that movies named after places tended to be very successful, so he looked at a map of the U.S. until he happened upon Cape Fear in North Carolina.
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