Story Line
Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
“Now he had only one weapon left—murder!”
Top Cast
Gregory Peck
Sam Bowden
Robert Mitchum
Max Cady
Polly Bergen
Peggy Bowden
Martin Balsam
Police Chief Mark Dutton
Lori Martin
Nancy Bowden
Jack Kruschen
Attorney Dave Grafton
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Rating
7.5/ 10
Release Date
1962-04-12
Runtime
1h 46m
Genres
ThrillerDramaCrime
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User Reviews (2)
John Chard
9/10
•9/21/2019Max Cady isn't a man who makes idle threats.
Max Cady is fresh out of prison and down in Florida looking for someone in particular. That person is lawyer Sam Bowden, the man who Cady holds responsible for his years of incarceration. Once Bowden re...
Filipe Manuel Neto
7/10
•6/22/2022**A good thriller with a lot of suspense and tension, which deserved to be reviewed and re-fished for new audiences.**
There are films that are unfairly forgotten after the release of their respective contemporary remakes, and I have no doubt that...