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Basics Critics:81Viewers:71Rusty:80
Category: Crime, Drama, Mystery/Noir/ThrillerNotable as: Psychological thrillerSub-Category: Thriller, Psychological thriller, Crime Fiction, DramaMain subject: revengeRuntime: 105 - 106 minutesColor: black-and-white filmLanguage: EnglishCountry: United StatesDirector: J. Lee ThompsonScreenwriter: James R. Webb, John D. MacDonaldBased on: The ExecutionersMusic: Bernard HerrmannCinematography: Sam LeavittStars: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin, Martin Balsam, Jack Kruschen, Telly Savalas, Barrie Chase, Paul Comi, John McKee Producer: Sy BartlettAward details: (details at IMDb)
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Cape Fear is a 1962 American psychological thriller film starring Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Martin Balsam and Polly Bergen. It was adapted by James R. Webb from the novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald. It was directed by J. Lee Thompson, and released on April 12, 1962. The movie concerns an attorney whose family is stalked by a criminal he helped to send to jail. Cape Fear was remade in 1991 by Martin Scorsese. Peck, Mitchum and Balsam all appeared in the remake.


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