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1962 (Norway)
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The Original Masterpiece Of Revenge, Confrontation And Murder! more
Plot:
A lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Gregory Peck | ... | Sam Bowden | |
| Robert Mitchum | ... | Max Cady | |
| Polly Bergen | ... | Peggy Bowden | |
| Lori Martin | ... | Nancy Bowden | |
| Martin Balsam | ... | Police Chief Mark Dutton | |
| Jack Kruschen | ... | Attorney Dave Grafton | |
| Telly Savalas | ... | Private Detective Charles Sievers | |
| Barrie Chase | ... | Diane Taylor | |
| Paul Comi | ... | George Garner | |
| John McKee | ... | Officer Marconi | |
| Page Slattery | ... | Deputy Kersek | |
| Ward Ramsey | ... | Officer Brown | |
| Edward Platt | ... | Judge | |
| Will Wright | ... | Dr. Pearsall | |
| Joan Staley | ... | Waitress |
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Also Known As:
The Executioners (USA) (working title)
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105 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Finland:(Banned) (1962) (uncut) |
Finland:K-16 (1992) (uncut) |
Finland:K-16 (1969) (cut) |
West Germany:18 (nf) |
Germany:16 (re-rating) |
Brazil:16 |
Argentina:16 |
Canada:PG (video rating) |
Chile:18 |
Norway:16 (1962) |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:Approved (Certificate #20038)
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The hotel where Mitchum takes Barrie Chase is "mother's house" from Psycho (1960), where Martin Balsam met his demise two years earlier.
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Revealing mistakes: For some strange reason, just after Sam shoots Cady, the shot of Cady from Sam's POV shows the branches of a bush superimposed on the bottom and left side of the frame. The tipoff is that when the camera moves the branches of the "bush" do not - they move along with the camera, as if they're glued onto the frame (which they are).
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Diane Taylor:
[Diane is cuddling with Max as he is driving] Why are we going this way?
Max Cady: Better scenery.
Diane Taylor: What would you know about scenery? Or beauty? Or any of the things that really make life worth living? You're just an animal: coarse, lustful, barbaric.
Max Cady: Keep right on talkin', honey. I like it when you run me down like that.
Diane Taylor: Max Cady, what I like about you is... you're rock bottom. I wouldn't expect you to understand this, but it's a great comfort for a girl to know she could not possibly sink any lower.
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Max Cady: Better scenery.
Diane Taylor: What would you know about scenery? Or beauty? Or any of the things that really make life worth living? You're just an animal: coarse, lustful, barbaric.
Max Cady: Keep right on talkin', honey. I like it when you run me down like that.
Diane Taylor: Max Cady, what I like about you is... you're rock bottom. I wouldn't expect you to understand this, but it's a great comfort for a girl to know she could not possibly sink any lower.
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Referenced in "The Simpsons: Cape Feare (#5.2)" (1993)
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Boy, this shows that you can still make a scary movie without a lot of blood, profanity and whatever. Hollywood didn't learn that, however, featuring all of it less than a decade after this was made. The Martin Scorcese re-make of this movie is exactly what I'm talking about.
This original Cape Fear was legitimately scary, thanks to the performance of Robert Mitchum, who doesn't need to resort to the f-word to be a tough, sick and really an evil character as he stalks Gregory Peck and his wife (Polly Bergen) and daughter (Lori Martin).
Bergan and Martin are two women I don't see too much in films which is too bad. They did a lot more TV work than movies. Another thing you don't see much anymore - a nice, sympathetic policeman - was also portrayed in here nicely by Martin Balsam.
The ending has some holes in it, to be sure, but overall it offers a good 106- minute suspense story.