Filmed on location in Savannah and its many iconic landmarks, this edge-of-your-seat thriller hits chillingly close to home. Screen legend Robert Mitchum delivers a mesmerizing, menacing performance as Max Cady—a cigar-chomping, straw-hatted ex-con hellbent on revenge. Fresh out of prison after eight long years, Cady wastes no time targeting the man who helped put him there: upstanding lawyer and devoted family man Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck). What begins as quiet intimidation escalates into a sadistic game of cat and mouse, as Cady sets his sights on Sam’s wife Peggy (Polly Bergen) and teenage daughter Nancy (Lori Martin). The result is a nerve-shredding showdown that builds to one of the most harrowing climaxes in cinematic history. A Southern Gothic classic, “Cape Fear” remains a masterclass in suspense and psychological terror.

Tickets for the film, part of the Postcards from the Movies series, are FREE for SCAD Card holders; $5 for students, seniors, and military; and $8 for the general public. Passes for the full Postcards from the Movies series are available for $40.