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Cape Fear

Year:
Duration:
105 min
Genres:
Drama | Thriller
IMDB rate:
7.8
Director:
J. Lee Thompson
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1962-04-12
Filming Locations: Armstrong jr.college, Savannah, Georgia, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Gregory Peck
Sam Bowden
Robert Mitchum
Max Cady
Polly Bergen
Peggy Bowden
Lori Martin
Nancy Bowden
Martin Balsam
Police Chief Mark Dutton
Jack Kruschen
Attorney Dave Grafton
Telly Savalas
Private Detective Charles Sievers
Barrie Chase
Diane Taylor
Paul Comi
George Garner
John McKee
Officer Marconi
Page Slattery
Deputy Kersek
Ward Ramsey
Officer Brown
Edward Platt
Judge
Will Wright
Dr. Pearsall
Norma Yost
Ticket clerk
Mack Williams
Dr. Lowney, Veterinarian
Thomas Newman
Lt. Pete Gervasi
Alan Reynolds
Attorney Vernon
Herb Armstrong
Waiter
Bunny Rhea
Pianist
Cindy Carol
Betty (as Carol Sydes)
Alan Wells
Young blade
Allan Ray
Young blade
Paul Levitt
Police operator
Jack Elkins
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Joseph Jenkins
Janitor (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Extra at Bar / Table Extra at Bar (uncredited)
Marion Landers
Cross (uncredited)
Bob Noble
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Jack Richardson
Deputy (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Al Silvani
Man (uncredited)
Josephine Smith
Librarian (uncredited)
Hal Taggart
Juror (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Rod Steiger wanted to play Max Cady, but he backed off when he heard Robert Mitchum was considering the role.
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The trailer and radio spots are narrated by Universal regular, Jeff Morrow.
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In the scene in the police precinct, the cops listed on the duty roster are the characters from the 87th Precinct series of novels by Evan Hunter.
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Goofs
After Sam and Max have a drink together, Sam gets up to leave. While he is putting money on the table, Max is smoking his cigar but as Sam leaves, Max's cigar has disappeared.
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When Sam is at the boat dock he goes into the shop and gets some thinner. As he is leaving the shop he has the thinner in his left hand. Then when he confronts Caty the thinner is gone and then he takes his daughter down the stairs the thinner is never seen again.
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Animal sounds heard along the river in the scene where the private detective hands over the suitcase to Mrs Bowden are not those of the local fauna. One can distinctly hear the laughing voice of the kookaburra, a bird found only in Australia.
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Quotes
Sam Bowden: [tries to pay Cady to leave town; Cady wants revenge] You shocking degenerate. I've seen the worst - the dregs - but you... you are the lowest. Makes me sick to breathe the same air.
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Sam Bowden: It's a mistake to teach women how to tell time. They always use it against you.
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Max Cady: [Bowden has shot Cady and is holding the gun on him] Go ahead. I just don't give a damn.
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Faq
Q
What does the title mean?
A
Cape Fear is a reference to the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. The Bowdens have a houseboat on the river, which is where their final showdown with Cady takes place.
Q
What did Cady do to the Bowdens' dog?
A
Marilyn (the dog) was poisoned with strychnine, a neurotoxin once commonly used in rat poison. Strychnine causes muscular convulsions and usually results in asphyxia due to paralysis of the respiratory muscles.
Q
Why did Cady have it in for Sam Bowden?
A
Sam was a witness to Cady beating a girl in a parking lot in Baltimore about eight years earlier. Cady holds Sam responsible for testifying against him and sending him to prison.
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Photos from cast
Joan Staley
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