Cape Fear

1962

Action / Drama / Thriller

23
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 88% · 26 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 86% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.7/10 10 34319 34.3K

noir small town psychopath poison ex-detainee boat

Director

J. Lee Thompson Photo
J. Lee Thompson

Top cast

Gregory Peck Photo
Gregory Peck as Sam Bowden
Mack Williams Photo
Mack Williams as Dr. Lowney
Herman Hack Photo
Herman Hack as Juror
Martin Balsam Photo
Martin Balsam as Police Chief Mark Dutton
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
860.87 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 4
1.65 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 33

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ma-cortes 7 / 10

Gripping and extraordinary thriller with a unforgettable Mitchum as a nasty psycho.

This psycho-thriller based on John MacDonald novel titled ¨The executioners¨ concerns about Max Cady an ex-con excellently played by Robert Mitchum ,he accuses a Southern advocate,a magnificent Gregory Peck,for his eight years imprisoned and schemes a malevolent vengeance on his wife(Polly Bergen) and daughter(Lori Martin).Peck is helped by the chief Inspector(Martin Balsam) and he hires an astute detective(Telly Savallas)to watch him.Meanwhile Mitchum plays to cat and mouse with his family which is increasingly menaced.The film contains psychological characterization ,grisly triller,tense situations, and is pretty entertaining.It's brilliant,atmospheric and slickly developed,almost a masterpiece.Major asset are the continuous suspense and marvellous acting. Casting is frankly awesome with exceptional performances,especially by Robert Mitchum as a wacko with ominous purports. Musical score by the master Bernard Herrmann with a similar style from Hitchcock music films.Sensational black and white cinematography by Sam Leavitt.The motion picture is finely directed by J.Lee Thomson (Guns of Navarone,McKenna's gold),a good filmmaker,though in his final career, he only directed Charles Bronson vehicles(Ten to midnight,Newman law,St Ives).The film was remade by Martin Scorsese,an inferior remake with secondaries appearance by Mitchum,Peck and Martin Balsam. It's a must see for Mitchum and Peck fans.The film is one of the best thrillers from the 60s.Rating : Better than average.
Reviewed by Nazi_Fighter_David 8 / 10

Mitchum was powerful in Thompson's suspenseful thriller...

Mitchum was, if anything, even more powerful in "Cape Fear," possibly because his antagonist this time was the perfectly contrasting Gregory Peck… Mitchum played a sex criminal, freed after eight years in prison, who returned to a sleepy little town to terrorize the witness (Gregory Peck) whom he blamed for his conviction… The ex-con uttered no threats, used no violence, broke no laws – and the police were therefore helpless… But his very presence, the tone of his voice, the look in his eyes as he turned them lazily on Peck's attractive wife and adolescent daughter showed with unmistakable and cumulative menace that he would surely take his revenge… Peck planted his wife and daughter on a safely moored houseboat to tempt Mitchum into a trap...
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