Cape Fear Summary
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Genres: Thriller
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After an eight-year prison term for rape and assault, Max Cady (Robert_Mitchum) is set free. Immediately making a beeline to Sam Bowden (Gregory_Peck), the former prosecutor responsible for Cady's conviction, Cady laconically informs Sam that he intends to "pay back" the attorney for his years behind bars. Conducting a meticulous campaign of terror, Cady is careful to stay within the law. Sam, realizing that Cady intends to wreak vengeance by raping the attorney's wife (Polly_Bergen) and daughter (Lori_Martin), tries to put the ex-criminal behind bars, but has no grounds to do so. Chief Dutton (Martin_Balsam) tries to help Sam with a few strong-arm tactics, but succeeds only in having the courts take Cady's side in the matter. Things come to a head when Sam moves his family to the "safety" of a remote houseboat on Cape Fear river. Cady shows up unannounced and is about to ravage Bowden's wife and daughter and when Sam turns the tables. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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