Not only does Scorsese's Cape Fear pull from the original it is based on, it also references another great Robert Mitchum ...

Cape Fear director J. Lee Thompson, fresh off of "The Guns of Navarone," said Mitchum had a chip on his shoulder while in Savannah because of having been on a road gang here, and it made him ready ...

Taken from John D. MacDonald’s magazine-serialized novel, The Executioners, the screeplay deals with the scheme of a sadistic ex-convict (Robert Mitchum) to gain revenge against a smalltown ...

In 1991, Scorsese remade “Cape Fear” with Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Joe Don Baker and Juliette Lewis. Mitchum and Peck, in his final theatrical film role before his death ...

After serving in a Chatham County chain gang in another life, Robert Mitchum returned to Savannah to film Cape Fear in 1961 with Gregory Peck.

Cape Fear has been adapted for the big screen twice previously; Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum headlined the 1962 version, and Scorsese helmed the 1991 remake (replacing Spielberg as director).

Mitchum played Cady in the 1962 while Robert De Niro played the vicious killer in Scorsese’s version. ... Cape Fear represents the reteaming of some of Apple’s successful creative collaborators.

Scorsese’s “Cape Fear” was nominated for two Oscars, including for De Niro and Juliette Lewis. It grossed $182 million worldwide. Spielberg and Amblin produced Scorsese’s film, marking a ...

After serving in a Chatham County chain gang in another life, Robert Mitchum returned to Savannah to film Cape Fear in 1961 with Gregory Peck.