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Here's why he's such an unforgettably terrifying figure.**\n\nFew bad guys in US culture have left quite as terrifying a mark as Max Cady – the vengeful psychopathic criminal who was first introduced in John D MacDonald's 1957 thriller novel The Executioners. Cady blames attorney Sam Bowden for testifying against him as a witness in a rape case, and getting him put in prison for over a decade. And, once he is released, he takes revenge on Bowden by menacing him and his family. 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