Sam Bowden

Small-town lawyer Sam Bowden's life becomes torturous when Max Cady re-enters his life. Cady went to jail for 8 years after Bowden testified that Cady attacked a young woman. Now that Cady has been released, he begins to terrorize Bowden and his family, particularly targeting Bowden's daughter, Nancy. Initially, Cady uses his newfound knowledge of the law (learned in prison) to annoy the Bowdens, then poisons the family dog… Who's next ?

After spending eight years in prison for rape, Max Cady (Robert Mitchum) is released. He promptly tracks down Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck), a Georgia lawyer whom he holds personally responsible for his conviction because Sam interrupted his attack and also testified. Cady begins to stalk and subtly threaten Bowden's family. He kills the…

Small-town lawyer Sam Bowden's life becomes torturous when Max Cady re-enters his life. Cady went to jail for 8 years after Bowden testified that Cady attacked a young woman. Now that Cady has been released, he begins to terrorize Bowden and his family.

Ein Köder für die Bestie (Cape Fear) ist ein US-amerikanischer Psychothriller in Schwarz-Weiß von 1962, in dem Robert Mitchum und Gregory Peck unter der Regie von J. Lee Thompson die Hauptrollen spielten. Er basiert auf dem Roman Kap der Angst (früher auch Ein Köder für die Bestie; Originaltitel: The Executioners, 1957) von John D. MacDonald.
Der ehemalige Strafgefangene Max Cady kommt in eine Kleinstadt, in der der Anwalt Sam Bowden mit seiner Familie lebt. Cady lastet die Gefängnisstrafe dem Anwalt Bowden an, der als Zeuge gegen ihn aufgetreten war, und sinnt auf Rache. Er beginnt, die Familie Bowdens durch subtilen Terror zu drangsalieren. Bowden weiß zum Schluss seine Familie nur dadurch zu schützen, dass er Cady am Cape Fear in eine Falle lockt und ihn in einem aufregenden Showdown überwältigt.
Absolut spannender, Hitchcock-mäßiger Thriller (die Musik ist interessanterweise vom Hitchcock-Hauskomponisten Bernard Herrmann) mit einem furchteinflößenden, psychopathischen Mitchum als "wildes Tier".

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney/"Leave It to Beaver"-esque family-man. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years, ago Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney/"Leave It to Beaver"-esque family-man. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years, ago Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

A lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail.