The Bedford Incident

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The Bedford Incident is a 1965 Cold War naval thriller film about a tense confrontation between a U.S. destroyer and a Soviet submarine, noted for its escalating psychological drama and bleak ending.

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instanceOf Cold War film
film
naval thriller film
basedOn The Bedford Incident (novel) NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkAuthor Mark Rascovich NERFINISHED
character Ben Munceford NERFINISHED
characterPortrayedBy Sidney Poitier NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Gilbert Taylor NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director James B. Harris NERFINISHED
distributor Columbia Pictures
distributorRegion United States of America
surface form: United States
editedBy Frederic Steinkamp NERFINISHED
filmingProcess black-and-white
genre drama film
thriller film
war film
hasTheme Cold War paranoia
journalistic ethics
military obsession
nuclear brinkmanship
leadCharacter Captain Eric Finlander NERFINISHED
leadCharacterPortrayedBy Richard Widmark NERFINISHED
medium theatrical film
musicBy Gerald Fried NERFINISHED
notableFor bleak ending
escalating psychological tension
originalLanguage English
plotFocus confrontation between a U.S. destroyer and a Soviet submarine
producer James B. Harris NERFINISHED
productionCompany Columbia Pictures
releaseDate 1965-10-11
releaseYear 1965
runtimeMinutes 102
screenwriter James Poe NERFINISHED
Robert Markowitz NERFINISHED
setting Cold War NERFINISHED
North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
starring Donald Sutherland NERFINISHED
Eric Portman NERFINISHED
James MacArthur NERFINISHED
Martin Balsam NERFINISHED
Richard Widmark NERFINISHED
Sidney Poitier NERFINISHED
Wally Cox NERFINISHED
title The Bedford Incident NERFINISHED

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