Cape 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 more
Cape 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, read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 21, 2014
Starring 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 read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 21, 2014
Starring 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 read more
Thanks 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 more
