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Cast

Richard Widmark
as Capt. Eric Finland, Captain Eric Finlander U.S.N.

Sidney Poitier
as Ben Munceford

James MacArthur
as Ensign Ralston

Martin Balsam
as Lieut. Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.

Wally Cox
as Sonarman, 2nd Class

Eric Portman
as Cmdr. Wolfgang Schrepke

Michael Kane
as Cmdr. Allison

Phil Brown
as Chief Pharmacist Mate McKinley

Gary Cockrell
as Lt. Bascombe

Brian Davies
as Lt. Beckman

Warren Stanhope
as Pharmacist's Mate Strauss

Donald Sutherland
as Pharmacist's Mate Nerny

Colin Maitland
as Seaman Jones

Michael Graham Cox
as Lieutenant Krindlemeyer, USN

Bill Edwards
as Lieutenant Hazelwood, USN

Ed Bishop
as Lt. Hacker

George Roubicek
as Lt. Burger

Laurence Herder
as Petty Officer

Paul Tamarin
as Seaman 2nd Class

Burnell Tucker
as Seaman 1st Class

Roy Stephens
as Seaman 2nd Class

Shane Rimmer
as Seaman 1st Class

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Audience Reviews for The Bedford Incident

• Nov 30, 2007

  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.
  xGary X Super Reviewer

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