A Caribbean Mystery vs Primal Fear

Primal Fear has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.2/10 for A Caribbean Mystery). A Caribbean Mystery is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 2h 9m. A Caribbean Mystery is the older of the two (1983 against 1996). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Caribbean Mystery posterA Caribbean Mystery1983 VS Primal Fear posterPrimal Fear1996
A Caribbean MysteryPrimal Fear
Audience score★ 6.2/10★ 7.7/10
Year19831996
Length1h 28m2h 9m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, TV MovieCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited States of America
DirectorRobert Michael LewisGregory Hoblit
Main castGeorge Innes, Swoosie Kurtz, Barnard Hughes, Zakes Mokae, Brock PetersJon Seda, Maura Tierney, Richard Gere, Alfre Woodard, Laura Linney

Synopsis

A Caribbean Mystery

Aging Major Palgrave, an idiosyncratic but charming mystery writer, reveals to Miss Jane Marple that one of the guests at a luxurious Caribbean resort they're staying at is a Bluebeard-type wife murderer. Unfortunately, the Major succumbs to an apparently accidental overdose of alcohol and blood pressure medication before revealing the killer's identity. When it's discovered that the medicine belonged to another guest and the revealing…

Primal Fear

An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room.

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