The story of ordinary citizen Sam Bowden and his obsessive pursuit by psychopath Max Cady. Filmed twice, first with Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum in the title roles, then with Nick Nolte and Robert de Niro. Sam's dilemma is how not to sink to his nemesis's level of thoughtless violence, but when the chips are down and his wife and daughter are in deadly danger, what is a man to do? John Wayne could have told him: A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. Another classic noir tale by one of the best operators in the genre, now, sadly, deceased.
V.B.
Reviewers: Brian Fallon, Eileen Battersby, Vincent Banville