The Incident

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After mugging a helpless old man, switchblade-wielding punks Martin Sheen and Tony Musante take over a subway car, terrorizing its occupants. In Stagecoach fashion, all the best and worst qualities of the passengers are brought to the surface by the presence of danger.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Drama, Mystery & Suspense
Directed By:

Larry Peerce
Written By:

Nicholas E. Baehr
In Theaters:

Nov 5, 1967 wide
Runtime:

99 minutes
Studio:

20th Century Fox Film Corporation

Cast

Tony Musante
as Joe Ferrone

Beau Bridges
as PFC Felix Teflinger

Martin Sheen
as Artie Connors

Jack Gilford
as Sam Beckerman

Brock Peters
as Arnold Robinson

Ruby Dee
as Joan Robinson

Thelma Ritter
as Bertha Beckerman

Ed McMahon
as Bill Wilks

Diana Van der Vlis
as Helen Wilks

Mike Kellin
as Harry Purvis

Jan Sterling
as Muriel Purvis

Gary Merrill
as Douglas McCann

Robert Fields
as Kenneth Otis

Robert Bannard
as PFC Phillip Carmatti

Victor Arnold
as Tony Goya

Donna Mills
as Alice Keenan

Kathleen Smith
as Wilks' Daughter

Henry Proach
as Derelict

Neal Hynes
as Change Booth Attendant

Ben Levi
as Man Who Gets Mugged

Martin Meyers
as Poolhall owner

Don de Leo
as Mr. Carmatti

Nina Hansen
as Mrs. Carmatti

Ted Lowrie
as Host

John Servetnik
as Bartender

Ray Cole
as Young Man No. 1

Barry del Rae
as Young Man No. 2

Nico Hartos
as Policeman

Maxine McCrey
as Black Woman

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Critic Reviews for The Incident

All Critics (7) | Top Critics (1)

Hard to watch for all the right reasons

Aug 12, 2019 | Full Review…

Rob Aldam
Backseat Mafia
It has been said about the film industry in the US, that it's a business whose commercial product just happens to be movies.

Apr 4, 2007 | Full Review…

Prairie Miller
WBAI Web Radio
The sort of raw drama that, sad to say, never loses its topicality.

Feb 2, 2005 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

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Audience Reviews for The Incident

Nov 18, 2011

Then newcomers Tony Musante and Martin Sheen are splendid as the couple of hedonists who give an unforgettable night in NYC subway to other, so called normal, but colourful variety of people only trying to get back home. This subway car carries more than just people, all the prejudices of race, sex, and economical condition,its air is stuffed by a sudden calamity, the tension is real, is palpable, it feels like a time bomb. If it had been directed by a household name in suspense/sociological dramas like Sidney Lumet, this would be more regarded nowadays for what it really is. A bold, tight, raw study of characters, about the apathy of city people, unable or simply uncaring to give each other a hand in moments of dispair.

Pierluigi P Super Reviewer