Though dismissed by most critics, the trashy but enjoyable thriller The Deep was one of the most commercial hits of 1977, grossing over $31 million and ranking seventh at the box-office.
Deep, The (1977): Peter Yates Underwater Thriller, Starring Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Shaw, Louis Gossett, Eli Wallach
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Cape Fear (1991): Scorsese’s Version to the 1962 Masterpiece, Starring Nick Nolte (Confused and Paranoid), Robert De Niro (Scary), Jessica Lange (Miscast, or Misdirected), and Best of All Juliette Lewis, with Cameos by Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck, Who Dominated J.L. Thompson’s 1962 Picture (Scorsese’s Only Foray into the Horror Genre)
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Martin Scorsese’s 1991 remake is inferior in every way to the original black-and-white film made in 1962.