After an eight-year prison term for rape and assault, Max Cady (Robert Mitchum) is set free. Immediately making a beeline to Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck), the former prosecutor responsible for Cady's conviction, Cady laconically informs Sam that he intends to pay back the attorney for his years behind bars.
In America, less than 10 percent of couples delay the exchanging of wedding vows longer than two years once the decision to tie the knot has been made. According to various sources, the average engagement last year spanned 13 to 16 months.
Engagement ring is now three weeks salary instead of one month's as money worries bite. Tradition suggests a young man with marriage on his mind should spend between one and three monthsâ salary on an engagement ring. But dewy-eyed brides-to-be will have to accept that the current hard times means that, in many cases, the bling will have a little less sparkle. For new research suggests the average cost of an engagement ring today equates to a more modest three weeks of salary.