Fresh
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.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Bedford Incident
“Hunt her down … until she comes up!”
1965 · 1h 42m · Approved
Drama, Thriller, War
Directed by
James B. Harris
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The Bedford Incident
Overview
During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. The reporter gets more than he bargained for when the Bedford discovers a Soviet sub and the captain begins a relentless pursuit, pushing his crew to breaking point.
Director and cast
- James B. Harris Director
- Richard Widmark as Captain Eric Finlander, U.S.N.
- Sidney Poitier as Ben Munceford
- James MacArthur as Ensign Ralston, U.S.N.
- Martin Balsam as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
- Wally Cox as Seaman Merlin Queffle
- Eric Portman as Commodore Wolfgang Schrepke, Deutsche Marine
- Michael Kane as Commander Allison Executive Officer - Bridge
- Gary Cockrell as Lieutenant Bascombe U.S.N. - C.I.C.
- Phil Brown as Chief Hospitalman Mckinley - Sick Bay
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
85%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The whole thing transcends plausibility -- for a moderately wised-up viewer, at least -- because of its gross exaggeration of a highly improbable episode.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten
A serviceable but not very exceptional cold-war thriller.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
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.
Time Out
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