(J. Lee Thompson, US 1962, 106 min., DCP)
Florida lawyer Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck) is assailed by a fearsome voice from his past, Max Cady, a man he'd once put away. Mitchum plays Cady as a creature completely molded of evil, death in a Hawaiian shirt. Soon, the Bowdens are forcibly changed by their knowledge of evil, for to know Max Cady is to know sadism and the depths of human cruelty. The atmosphere is enhanced by Bernard Hermann's relentless score, which Martin Scorsese wisely kept intact for his 1991 remake.
Introduction by and post-screening discussion with Mark Watters.
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