Now he had only one weapon left—murder!
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.
- Animal harm
- Sexual violence
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and bleak.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Gregory PeckSam Bowden
- Robert MitchumMax Cady
- Polly BergenPeggy Bowden
- Martin BalsamPolice Chief Mark Dutton
- Lori MartinNancy Bowden
- Jack KruschenAttorney Dave Grafton
- Telly SavalasPrivate Detective Charles Sievers
- Barrie ChaseDiane Taylor
- Paul ComiGarner
- John McKeeOfficer Marconi
Crew
- J. Lee ThompsonDirector
- James R. WebbScreenplay
- John D. MacDonaldNovel
- Sam LeavittDirector of Photography
- Bernard HerrmannOriginal Music Composer
- George TomasiniEditor
- Sy BartlettProducer
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