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.
The average man proposes after three years - and the average woman wants him to pop the question four months earlier. Whirlwind romances may not be to everyone's taste, but it seems boyfriends who are approaching their third anniversary are overdue for the ultimate romantic gesture. The average couple gets engaged two years, 11 months and eight days after first setting eyes on each other, according to research. But women feel ready to tie the knot even sooner - after just two years, seven months and 24 days.