Cape Fear

Cape Fear

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Director:J. Lee Thompson
Cast:Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin
Premiere:18. November 2022
Length:106 minutes
Genre:Drama

Director: J. Lee Thompson  •  Cast: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin, Martin Balsam

Hollywood legends Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck met on screen only twice, in two different versions of Cape Fear. In the original 1962 film, Peck (as in the legendary To Kill a Mockingbird from the same year) plays a lawyer from the American South who begins to be terrorized by a released convict in Mitchum's unmistakable portrayal. The film makes great use of the two actors' stellar identities as quintessential representatives of the good guy (Peck) and the bad guy (Mitchum), though a closer look may reveal some cracks in their character construction. Director J. Lee Thompson made no secret of the influence of Alfred Hitchcock, and this connection is reinforced by the involvement of composer Bernard Herrmann. Martin Scorsese conceived his remake, thirty years younger, as a kind of homage to both the original version (through cameo roles for Peck and Mitchum, among others) and to the cinematic legacy of the Master of Suspense.

Length: 106 min

Year: 1962
Local premiere date: 18. November 2022

Country of origin:

  • United states of America

Director: J. Lee Thompson  •  Cast: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin, Martin Balsam

Hollywood legends Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck met on screen only twice, in two different versions of Cape Fear. In the original 1962 film, Peck (as in the legendary To Kill a Mockingbird from the same year) plays a lawyer from the American South who begins to be terrorized by a released convict in Mitchum's unmistakable portrayal. The film makes great use of the two actors' stellar identities as quintessential representatives of the good guy (Peck) and the bad guy (Mitchum), though a closer look may reveal some cracks in their character construction. Director J. Lee Thompson made no secret of the influence of Alfred Hitchcock, and this connection is reinforced by the involvement of composer Bernard Herrmann. Martin Scorsese conceived his remake, thirty years younger, as a kind of homage to both the original version (through cameo roles for Peck and Mitchum, among others) and to the cinematic legacy of the Master of Suspense.

Year: 1962
Local premiere date: 18. November 2022

Country of origin:

  • United states of America