The Bedford Incident1965
The Bedford Incident (1965)
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Cast
as Capt. Eric Finland, Captain Eric Finlander U.S.N.
as Ben Munceford
as Ensign Ralston
as Lieut. Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
as Sonarman, 2nd Class
as Cmdr. Wolfgang Schrepke
as Cmdr. Allison
as Chief Pharmacist Mate McKinley
as Lt. Bascombe
as Lt. Beckman
as Pharmacist's Mate Strauss
as Pharmacist's Mate Nerny
as Seaman Jones
as Lieutenant Krindlemeyer, USN
as Lieutenant Hazelwood, USN
as Lt. Hacker
as Lt. Burger
as Petty Officer
as Seaman 2nd Class
as Seaman 1st Class
as Seaman 2nd Class
as Seaman 1st Class
Critic Reviews for The Bedford Incident
All Critics (14) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (2)
Poitier does an excellent job in both the light and serious aspects of his role, and manages to leave a personal stamp on his scenes.
Harris, Stanley Kubrick's former producer, here came up with his own Dr Strangelove variant, muting the black humour but just as incisively diagnosing nuclear insanity.
The whole thing transcends plausibility -- for a moderately wised-up viewer, at least -- because of its gross exaggeration of a highly improbable episode.
A serviceable but not very exceptional cold-war thriller.
Taut and suspenseful.
Channels themes from Dr. Strangelove but leaves at port the black humor.
Audience Reviews for The Bedford Incident
Richard Widmark stars in this tense cold war thriller as an abrasive naval commander playing a high stakes game of cat and mouse with a soviet submarine. This is obviously influenced (as most sea-bourne adventures are) by the classic tale of obsession, Moby Dick, as Widmark pursues his white whale with little thought for the consequences. There is some great verbal sparring between his character and Sidney Poitier's tenacious reporter, which is almost as much fun to watch as his demolition of every man who tries to stand in his way; Widmark is always better in his more hard-nosed roles. Add some nice documentary style black & white photography and an excellent turn by Eric Portman as a pragmatic ex U-boat commander and you have an intelligent and cleverly written thriller cum arms race analogy with a great finale.
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The Bedford Incident Quotes
| Capt. Eric Finland: | Make it so. |