Cape Fear (1962) Rank 3 Reviews

DVDnett.no

Som en lovlydig borger skal, grep advokat Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck) inn da han sÃ¥ Max Cady (Robert Mitchum) overfalle en dame pÃ¥ gata. Angrepet sendte Cady i fengsel, samt at bÃ¥de kone og barn forlot ham i skam. NÃ¥r sÃ¥ mannen med de psykopatiske ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at DVDnett.no

Apollo Movie Guide (Brian Webster)

Director J. Lee Thompson had the benefit of Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck in his cast as he made this suspenseful film about a lawyer, a convict he helped put away, and what happens when the jailbird returns for ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at Apollo Movie Guide (Brian Webster)

IndependentCritics.com (Jacob Hall)

"Cape Fear" is a thrilling and disturbing thriller that manages to chill a modern audience the same way '60s audiences were. Gregory Peck stars as a lawyer who testifies against a rapist named Max Cady (Robert Mitchum) whom he saw committing the brutal ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at IndependentCritics.com (Jacob Hall)

Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)

Cinema is such a wonderfully complex art form that one can easily become immersed in a single moviemaking element. For example, one could be a connoisseur of film dialogue, focusing on what the characters in movies have to say. The same goes for ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)

Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)

Cape Fear is a single-minded thriller about a civilized man's forced descent into violence in order to protect his family from a sadistic monster. It is fueled by the same ideology that drove Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971) and Michael Winner's Death ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)

DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")

Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck) is a lawyer in a small town and while his life is uneventful, he is more than content. He has a wife, Peggy (Polly Bergen) and a young daughter, Nancy (Lori Martin), as well as a nice home and stable law practice. But his life ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")

Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)

works best as a twisted nail-biter, punctuated brilliantly with an apocalyptic score by Bernard Herrmann ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)

Edinburgh U Film Society (Alasdair Carnie)

Cape Fear has variously been described as"mesmerising", "harrowing" and "compelling", and is unquestionably a cut above your standard Hollywood thriller. From its inception, Martin Scorsese sets out to captivate his audience with a brilliantly enigmatic ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at Edinburgh U Film Society (Alasdair Carnie)

New York Times (Bosley Crowther)

Don't take the children. If you want to be horrified, that's your business. But don't expose the youngsters to the ordeal of watching this film. ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at New York Times (Bosley Crowther)

Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Beth Gilligan)

Cape Fear may have all the earmarks of a classic horror/suspense film, but it also owes a considerable debt to the Western in its depiction of a society where men must take the law into their own hands. ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Beth Gilligan)

filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)

"Cape Fear" is a tense thriller starring Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck. It was based on John D. MacDonald's crime novel "The Executioners." Mitchum plays the villain, a sinister sadist named Max Cady who preys on attractive women. He was sent to ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)

Jerry Saravia

"Cape Fear" is essentially a standard crime thriller with overtones of noir in its shadowy blackandwhite look. Noir often involves fatalistic heroes and Sam is one to an extent he and his family cannot escape Cady's wrath. Sam can't do anything legally ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at Jerry Saravia

Cinescape

CAPE FEAR tells the story of ex-convict Max Cady (Mitchum), newly released from prison, seeking and stalking lawyer Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck) whom he believes is responsible for his serving eight years in prison. Cady torments and taunts Bowden's family, ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at Cinescape

Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)

The climax on the houseboat is pretty classic, although it takes a bit too long to runs its course. All in all the Scorsese version provides more of an adrenaline rush, but Robert Mitchum's performance as Max Cady remains unsurpassed by De Niro's. ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)

DVD Clinic ("The Shootin Surgeon")

Robert Mitchum is Max Cady, an ex-con obsessed with revenge against Sam Bowden (Peck), a straight-laced lawyer who testified against him. The twisted Cady decides to get to Bowden through his wife (Polly Bergen) and young daughter. With the help of the ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at DVD Clinic ("The Shootin Surgeon")

Time Out (--)

An irredeemable criminal exacts his revenge on the family of a lawyer who put him away. This supremely nasty thriller - originally severely cut by the British censor - boasts great credentials: a source in John D MacDonald's novel The Executioners, ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at Time Out (--)

Austin Chronicle (Harry Knowles)

You know what? Bernard Herrmann is a god. His score was soooooo good that Martin Scorsese knew he had to have it for his remake. Try to search your memory, find another case in which that happened. Sure, Tarantino used the Coffy score to propel Jackie ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at Austin Chronicle (Harry Knowles)

DVD Times

In the late fifties, famous actors became producers as they sought out material to base their own starring vehicles around. Burt Lancaster and Kurt Douglas were successfully experienced in this exercise, and so Gregory Peck took his turn. Peck's Melville ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at DVD Times

DVD Verdict (Barrie Maxwell)

As the old Hollywood studio system began to take on water in the 1950s, actors increasingly turned to producing their own pictures and simply arranging distribution deals with the major studios. Burt Lancaster was one of the first to do so, releasing his ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at DVD Verdict (Barrie Maxwell)

The Spinning Image

Gregory Peck... Robert Mitchum... Martin Balsam... Polly Bergen... Bernard Herrmann... J. Lee Thompson... John R. McDonald... Telly Savalas... Sam Leavitt... James R. Webb... This list comprises all the pluses that go into making a thriller of lust, ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at The Spinning Image

DVDBeaver

directed by J. Lee Thompson U.S. ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at DVDBeaver

Brian W. Fairbanks Review

Providing youâ��ve seen both the original 1962 version of Cape Fear and Martin Scorceseâ��s 1991 remake, itâ��s impossible not to compare them. The original, directed by J. Lee Thompson, the hack who guided Charles Bronson through most of his grade B ...read the complete Cape Fear movie review at Brian W. Fairbanks Review

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Cape Fear (1962) Rank 3 Reviews

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