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.

Aliases (1)

Cape Fear (1962 film) score ×1

Statements (49)

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 → Nancy Bowden NERFINISHED → Peggy Bowden → Sam Bowden →
cinematographyBy	Sam Leavitt →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	J. Lee Thompson →
distributedBy	Universal Pictures →
distributorRegion	North America →
editedBy	George Tomasini →
filmingLocation	California → 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 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bernard Herrmann ("Cape Fear (1962 film) score") → Eldred Gregory Peck → Gregory Peck →	notableWork