Stunningly tense, dark, and disturbing for a '60s film. Worthy of comparison with other lurid, yet artfully directed classic thrillers of the era like "Psycho" and "In Cold Blood". Robert Mitchum's Max Cady is one of the most terrifying, creepy, and barbaric stalkers in film history, even more brutal than his unforgettable Harry Powell in "Night of the Hunter".
Description:Gregory Peck, Jack Kruschen, Martin Balsam, Polly Bergen, Robert Mitchum, Telly Savalas - Dir:J. Lee Thompson An extremely violent ex-con is determined to exact revenge upon the lawyer he blames for his incarceration.
Max Cady, a ... Full Descriptionwily, cruel ex-convict, is ravenous for the ruination of Sam Bowden, a GeorgiaGregory Peck, Jack Kruschen, Martin Balsam, Polly Bergen, Robert Mitchum, Telly Savalas - Dir:J. Lee Thompson An extremely violent ex-con is determined to exact revenge upon the lawyer he blames for his incarceration.
Max Cady, a ... Full Descriptionwily, cruel ex-convict, is ravenous for the ruination of Sam Bowden, a Georgia laywer who eight years earlier sent Max to prison for his brutal assault of a young woman in a parking lot. Max pursues Sam and his family with psychotic diligence. With each step, Max ups the ante of terror. First, he makes himself ubiquitous, igniting a reign of psychological torment over the family. Moving in closer, he poisons the family dog simply to prove his hard-heartedness. And in a succesful attempt to enrage, Max pays Sam's pubescent daughter Nancy a little visit. Finally, the men confront one another in a Southern swampland showdown. But Sam's wholesome tenacity proves too vital a force for Max's sinister rage.
This good vs. evil thriller casts Mitchum as sadistic ex-con Max Cady determined to wreak revenge on the family of Sam Bowden, the good small-town lawyer who put him in jail years earlier. Stripped of legal recourse, the civilized Bowden is slowly forced to lower himself to Cady's bestial level to protect his family. Based on "The Executioners" by John D. MacDonald.
Theatrical release: April, 1962. Adapted from John D. MacDonald's magazine-serialized novel "The Excecutioner." Remade by Martin Scorese in 1991.
"February 3
"I got somethin' planned for your wife and kid that they ain't nevah gonna forget. They ain't nevah gonna forget it... and neither will you, Counselor! Nevah!"
I decided to watch this before seeing the remake. This was a very good thriller with a good story and dialogue. Gregory Peck manages to amaze me again with his great performance. Not the best movie he's been in, but it is a pretty good movie that actually still holds up very well."
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"I got somethin' planned for your wife and kid
that they ain't nevah gonna forget.
They ain't nevah gonna forget it...
And neither will you, Counselor!"
- Max Cady"
“Stunningly tense, dark, and disturbing for a '60s film. Worthy of comparison with other lurid, yet artfully directed classic thrillers of the era like "Psycho" and "In Cold Blood". Robert Mitchum's Max Cady is one of the most terrifying, creepy, and barbaric stalkers in film history, even more brutal than his unforgettable Harry Powell in "Night of the Hunter".” read more
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