Cape Fear
1962 ‧ Horror/Mystery ‧ 1h 46m
After an eight-year prison sentence for rape, Max Cady (Robert Mitchum) targets Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck), one of the lawyers who sent him away. When Max finds Sam and his family, he begins a terrifying stalking spree, intending to ruin Sam's...
Release date: April 18, 1962 (New York)
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Screenplay: James R. Webb
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Adapted from: The Executioners
Box office: $1.8 million (US/Canada)
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