Cape Fear (1962 film)

Cape Fear (Cape Fear) is a movie directed by J. Lee Thompson in 1962 .

Summary

 * 1 Overview
 * 2 Data sheet
 * 3 Distribution
 * 4 Remake
 * 5 External link

Synopsis [ edit | edit the code ]
Max Cady out of jail after serving eight years served for sexual assault . He is determined to avenge the one he considers responsible for his conviction: thelawyer Sam Bowden.

Data Sheet [ edit | edit the code ]

 * Title: Cape Fear
 * Original title: Cape fear
 * Director: J. Lee Thompson
 * Scenario: James R. Webb, from the novel A monster to shoot (The executioners) of John D. MacDonald
 * Music: Bernard Herrmann
 * Art Director: Alexander Golitzen and Robert Boyle
 * Sets: Oliver Emert
 * Costumes: Mary Wills
 * Makeup: Frank Prehoda and Thomas Tuttle
 * Hairstyles: Virginia D'Arcy
 * Photography: Sam Leavitt
 * Sound engineers: Waldon O. Watson and Corson Jowett
 * Editing: George Tomasini
 * Production company: Melville-Talbot Productions
 * Producer: Sy Bartlett
 * Distributor: Universal International
 * Country of origin:  US
 * Language: English
 * Format: Black and white - 1.85: 1 - Mono ( Westrex Recording System ) - 35mm
 * Genre: Thriller
 * Duration: 1:42
 * Release dates:
 * United States : 12 April 1962 (first) and 18 April 1962
 * France : 31 October 1962

Distribution [ edit | edit the code ]

 * Gregory Peck  (VF: Jean-Claude Michel ):  Sam Bowden
 * Robert Mitchum  (VF: Raymond Loyer ):  Max Cady
 * Polly Bergen  (VF: Marcelle Lajeunesse )  Peggy Bowden
 * Lori Martin  (VF: Jacqueline Mono ):  Nancy Bowden
 * Martin Balsam  (VF: Michel Gudin ):  Mark Dutton Inspector
 * Jack Kruschen  (VF: Georges Hubert ):  Dave Grafton
 * Telly Savalas  (VF: Henry Djanik ):  Charles Sievers
 * Barrie Chase : Diane Taylor
 * Paul Comi George Garner
 * Edward Platt : Judge

Remake [ edit | edit the code ]
The film was the subject in 1991 of a remake : Cape Fear directed by Martin Scorsese with Robert De Niro , Nick Nolte and Jessica Lange, in which the original cast of the first three male roles remade appearances in roles secondary.