Stars: Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Polly Bergen, Martin Balsam

Director: J. Lee Thompson

Summary: Sadistic ex-con Max Cady is determined to wreak revenge on the family of Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck), the good small-town lawyer who put him in jail years earlier. Stripped of legal recourse, the civilized Bowden is slowly forced to lower himself to Cady's bestial level to protect his family.

This good vs. evil thriller casts Mitchum as sadistic ex-con Max Cady determined to wreak revenge on the family of Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck), the good small-town lawyer who put him in jail years earlier. Stripped of legal recourse, the civilized Bowden is slowly forced to lower himself to Cady's bestial level to protect his family. Based on 'The Executioners' by John D. MacDonald.

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Superior to Martin Scorsese's punishing 1991 remake, this 1962 thriller directed by J. Lee Thompson (The Guns of Navarone) stars Robert Mitchum as a creepy ex-con angry at the attorney (Gregory Peck) whom he believes is responsible for his incarceration. After Mitchum makes clear his plans to harm Peck's family, a fascinating game of crisscrossing ethics and morality takes place. Where the more recent version seemed trapped in its explicitness, Thompson's film accomplishes a lot with a more economical and telling use of violence. The result is a richer character study with some Hitchcockian overtones regarding the nature of guilt. --Tom Keogh

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1961
Release Date:	October 24, 2005
Runtime:	101 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	820 018 5
Keywords:	Fear, Cape, General, Thriller
Genre:	Thriller