Cape Fear (1962)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:19
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Max Cady, a wily, cruel ex-convict, is ravenous for the ruination of Sam Bowden, a Georgia laywer who eight years earlier sent Max to prison for his brutal assault of a young woman in a parking... [More]
Starring: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Martin Balsam
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Reviews for Cape Fear
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Its politics are abhorrent to me, but my god, it's such a slick, well-crafted thriller ... that I can't hate it Full Review |
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Unpleasant but suspenseful film noir. Full Review |
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3/5 |
A tense thriller that holds your attention to the very end. The film is aided by one of Bernard Hermann's better scores.
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 2/5 |
Tedious remake of a "thriller" that wasn't that thrilling to begin with
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5/5 |
Keep-you-up-all-night terrifying!
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The remake with De Niro had the most to fear from this superior little thriller!
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