Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in |
Summary |
Max Cady, a seedy ex-con who comes to a small Southern town to terrorise prosecutor Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck), the man who put him away eight years earlier. But when Cady sets his sights on Bowden's wife and daughter, Bowden is faced with a profound moral dilemma - how far will a law-abiding citizen go to protect his family when he is faced with a man who has absolutely no regard for the law? |
Notes |
Off-air recording of ABC2 TV broadcast August 23, 2008. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
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Based on the novel "The Executioners" by John D. MacDonald |
Credits |
Directed by J. Lee Thompson ; produced by Sy Bartlett ; screenplay by James R. Webb |
Performer |
Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen |
Notes |
DVD |
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Originally released by Universal International : 1961 |
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Rated: M |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
Subject |
Stalkers -- Drama
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Stalking victims -- Drama
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Detective and mystery films
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Author |
Peck, Gregory, 1916-
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Bergen, Polly, 1930-
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Webb, James R
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Bartlett, Sy, 1903-
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Mitchum, Robert, 1917-
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Thompson, J. Lee, 1914-
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ABC-TV (Australia)
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