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UNITED KINGDOM · 1962

Cape Fear

J. Lee Thompson
lawyer psychological thriller boat poison psychopath
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Synopsis

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.

Year1962
CountryUnited Kingdom
DirectorJ. Lee Thompson
Cinematic Threads
Scorsese and cinematographer Freddie Francis embraced high-contrast shadows, canted angles, and distorted close-ups to create a look that Scorsese himself describes as 'German Expressionistic,' citing the influence of films like Robert Wiene’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) and Fritz Lang’s M (1931).

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