Cape Fear (1962 film)

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crime thriller film film psychological thriller film

Cape Fear (1962 film) is a 1962 psychological thriller directed by J. Lee Thompson, in which a menacing ex-convict terrorizes the family of the lawyer who helped send him to prison.

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Cape Fear (1962 film) canonical 18
Cape Fear (1962 film) score 1
Cape Fear (John D. MacDonald novel "The Executioners") 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime thriller film ⓘ
film ⓘ
psychological thriller film ⓘ
basedOn The Executioners ⓘ
basedOnAuthor John D. MacDonald ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
certificate Approved (MPAA, 1962) ⓘ
character Max Cady ⓘ
Peggy Bowden ⓘ
surface form: Nancy Bowden

Peggy Bowden ⓘ
Sam Bowden ⓘ
cinematographyBy Sam Leavitt ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director J. Lee Thompson ⓘ
distributedBy Universal Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion North America ⓘ
editedBy George Tomasini ⓘ
filmingLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Savannah ⓘ
surface form: Savannah, Georgia
genre crime ⓘ
psychological thriller ⓘ
suspense ⓘ
hasRemake Cape Fear (1991 film) ⓘ
leadActorRole Gregory Peck as Sam Bowden ⓘ
Robert Mitchum as Max Cady ⓘ
musicBy Bernard Herrmann ⓘ
narrativeFocus family in peril ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
stalking ⓘ
notableFor intense psychological suspense and menacing villain Max Cady ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary An ex-convict stalks and terrorizes the family of the lawyer who helped send him to prison. ⓘ
producer Norman Rosemont ⓘ
Sy Bartlett ⓘ
productionCompany Melville Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1962-04-12 ⓘ
releaseYear 1962 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 106 ⓘ
screenwriter James R. Webb ⓘ
setting North Carolina ⓘ
fictional town of New Essex ⓘ
starring Barrie Chase ⓘ
Gregory Peck ⓘ
Jack Kruschen ⓘ
Lori Martin ⓘ
Martin Balsam ⓘ
Polly Bergen ⓘ
Robert Mitchum ⓘ
Telly Savalas ⓘ

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Gregory Peck → notableWork → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ
Eldred → notableWork → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ
subject surface form: Eldred Gregory Peck
Bernard Herrmann → notableWork → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Fear (1962 film) score
Robert Mitchum → notableWork → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ
The Executioners → adaptedInto → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ
Max Cady → appearsInFilm → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ
Max Cady → adaptedFor → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ
fictional town of New Essex → appearsIn → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ
subject surface form: New Essex
Gregory Peck as Sam Bowden → appearsInFilm → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ
Robert Mitchum as Max Cady → appearsInFilm → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ
Robert Mitchum as Max Cady → basedOnCharacterFrom → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Fear (John D. MacDonald novel "The Executioners")
Barrie Chase → notableWork → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ
Cape Fear (1991 film) → basedOn → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ
Cape Fear (1991 film) → remakeOf → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ
Sam Bowden → appearsInFilm → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ
Polly Bergen → notableWork → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ
Polly Bergen → performedIn → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ
Peggy Bowden → appearsInFilm → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ
Peggy Bowden → fictionalUniverse → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ
Robert F. Boyle → notableWork → Cape Fear (1962 film) ⓘ