Cape Fear (1962)
 A
grim thriller about an ex-convict who seeks revenge on the lawyer
he believes responsible for his eight-year prison sentence.
Mitchum plays the sadistic bad guy who threatens to rape the wife
of lawyer Peck.
The wife is played by Polly Bergen, who returned to the screen
after an eight year absence to play this role.
The performances are convincing. The film, based on a John D.
MacDonald novel, is set in the bayous of the Deep South. Martin
Balsam, Jack Kruschen, Lori Nelson, and Telly Savalas also star.
Martin Scorsese directed a 1991 remake with Robert DeNiro,
Jessica Lange and Nick Nolte.
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