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Gregory Peck, Jack Kruschen, Lori Martin, Martin Balsam, Polly Bergen
A released convict decides to menace and wreak havoc on the family of his defense lawyer because he is of the firm belief that the latter raliroaded him by not presenting crucial evidence during the t...( read more
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A lawyer finds his family terrorized by a brutal woman hating sociopath who blames him for sending him to jail for 8 years. Gregory Peck was the perfect casting choice as the morally upstanding husband and father who finds he must question his principles when the law fails to pro...( read more)
Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum are face to face, pound to pound in this thrilling and terrifying noir with a great score by Bernard Herrmann
A creepy film about a released criminal who stalks the lawyer who had him put away. Robert Mitchum is chilling as the scary yet somehow charming Cady, and Gregory Peck plays the lawyer. The scenes where Cady is stalking the lawyer's wife and daughter is particularly unsettling. B...( read more)
Certainly wasn't expecting this to that great, seeing as Cape Fear (The remake) is one of my favourite films, but I really enjoyed it.
It was inevitable to compare the two and I still prefer the newer version, but was very impressed by Robert Mitcham in this, not quite so im...( read more)
bloody creepy! a thriller with as much foreboding as a horror! robert mitchum is one scary dude as the bad guy. holy cow... he is an animal. nothing you can do about him! he's even scaring me now just by thinking about him. there were some very interesting camera movements, shots...( read more)
The cast is amazing in this outstanding thriller. Robert Mitchum is at his best and gives one of his finest performances. It is better than the 1991 remake. Great suspense, well edited, great score. It is never slow moving, Excellent.
Looks like Hitchcock, sounds like Hitchcock (b.Herrmann) but isn't still great.
A great and cruel crime cult classic, better than Scorsese's remake.
83/100
