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Poison | Small Town
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Budget 35,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 103,000,000 USD
Gregory Peck later said regarding Robert Mitchum, "I had given him the role and had paid him a terrific amount of money. It was obvious he had the better role. I thought he would understand that, but he apparently thought he acted me off the screen. I didn't think highly of him for that."
The financial failure of Cape Fear (1962) ended Gregory Peck's company, Melville Productions.
Gregory Peck, who produced the film, didn't like the original novel's title "The Executioners". When thinking of a new title, he decided that movies named after places tended to be very successful, so he looked at a map of the U.S. until he happened upon Cape Fear in North Carolina.
At first, Robert Mitchum didn't want to do the film but finally relented after Gregory Peck and J. Lee Thompson delivered a case of bourbon to his home. His reply was, "Okay, I've drunk your bourbon. I'm drunk. I'll do it."
J. Lee Thompson had always envisioned the film in black and white prior to production. As an Alfred Hitchcock fan, he wanted to have Hitchcockian elements in the film, such as unusual lighting angles, an eerie musical score by Bernard Herrmann, closeups, and subtle hints rather than graphic depictions of the violence Cady has in mind for the family.
"[last lines] Max Cady: [Bowden has shot Cady and is holding the gun on him] Go ahead. I just don't give a damn. Sam Bowden: No. No! That would be letting you off too easy, too fast. Your words - do you remember? Well I do. No, we're gonna take good care of you. We're gonna nurse you back to health. And you're strong, Cady. You're gonna live a long life... in a cage! That's where you belong and that's where you're going. And this time for life! Bang your head against the walls. Count the years - the months - the hours... until the day you rot!"
"Diane Taylor: [after Cady has beaten her, she prepares to leave town] You can't help me. Charles Sievers: But I can. Now you file an assault charge and Cady'll get six months in jail. Diane Taylor: Six months! And after that... When he walked out of this room he said... he said to consider this only a sample. And from my limited knowledge of human nature, Max Cady isn't a man who makes idle threats."
