The Bedford Incident Director: James B. Harris Cast: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, James MacArthur, Martin Balsam
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- DVD Release Date: 09/23/2003
- Original Release: 1965
- Rating:
- Sales Rank: 19,820
Features
Closed Caption; [None specified]
Full Product DetailsScene Index
Side #1 --
1. Start [:12]
2. A Hairy Landing [1:53]
3. Bedford's Most Luxurious Quarters [3:13]
4. Lt. Commander Chester Potter [2:05]
5. Commander Allison [4:36]
6. Captain Eric Finlander [1:14]
7. Commodore Wolfgang Schrepke [2:05]
8. The Beford's Mission [1:35]
9. Prescription: Schnapps [5:13]
10. Novo Sibursk [5:31]
11. Rattled Ralston [2:19]
12. The Potter Plan [4:29]
13. An Unidentified Blip [5:25]
14. Big Red Sighted [1:36]
15. A Passive course of Action [4:39]
16. Another Message From NATO [2:21]
17. The Interview [6:19]
18. Potter's Theory [7:08]
19. Iceberg in Sight [5:53]
20. No Sonar, No Engines, No Nothing [2:44]
21. "Wait for the Animal to Move." [3:57]
22. Glockenspiel [1:31]
23. Off the Record [1:43]
24. Permission Granted [1:38]
25. Snorkel on the Port Bow [4:06]
26. "This Man's Finished." [1:03]
27. "Surface & Identify Self." [5:43]
28. The Bedford Incident [2:40]
Editorial Reviews
The Bedford Incident was an attempt by Columbia Pictures -- which had previously made Dr. Strangelove and released Fail-Safe -- to tap the well of public anxiety surrounding nuclear weapons and the Cold War one more time. Reporter Ben Munceford (Sidney Poitier) is allowed aboard a navy ship on patrol near the Arctic Circle, under the command of Captain Eric Finlander (Richard Widmark). His job is to observe the ship in action and do an article on Finlander, a hard-as-nails sailor and a dedicated anti-Communist with a patriotic zeal that's extraordinary even in a man of his rank and position. Finlander's main problem, however -- when he's not sparring with the reporter -- is tracking and hunting a Soviet sub that he knows is patroling the same waters. What alarms Munceford (and the audience) is that Finlander acts like there is an actual "hot" war going on; he drives his men mercilessly, up to and past the breaking point, trying to hunt down the submarine and force it to surface, and nothing -- not the questions of the reporter, the angry protests of the newly-arrived medical officer (Martin Balsam), or the quietly voiced concerns of retired U-Boat commander Commodore Shrepke (Eric Portman), aboard as an observer, can get him to relent. Then, when it looks like Finlander has been proved right and has gotten away with his provocation of the "enemy," a mistake by one over-tired young officer (James MacArthur) suddenly unleashes all of the destructive power with which Finlander has been flirting. Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide
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