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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Bedford Incident canonical | 2 |
| The Bedford Incident (1965 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: The Bedford Incident Context triple: [Gilbert Taylor, notableWork, The Bedford Incident]
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A.
Sian Incident
The Sian Incident was a 1936 political crisis in China in which Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was detained by his own generals, leading to a negotiated United Front between the Nationalists and Communists against Japanese aggression.
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B.
Altmark Incident
The Altmark Incident was a 1940 World War II naval confrontation in Norwegian waters, where British forces boarded the German tanker Altmark to free imprisoned Allied sailors, heightening tensions during the early "Phoney War" period.
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C.
The Kettering Incident
The Kettering Incident is an Australian mystery-thriller television series centered on a doctor who returns to her Tasmanian hometown and becomes entangled in a decades-old disappearance and strange supernatural events.
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D.
Dawson's Field hijackings
The Dawson's Field hijackings were a series of coordinated airplane hijackings in September 1970 by Palestinian militants that culminated in multiple airliners being blown up on a remote airstrip in Jordan, dramatically escalating the Palestinian militant campaign and contributing to the events of Black September.
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E.
Imo Incident
The Imo Incident was an 1882 mutiny of Korean soldiers in Seoul that escalated into violent unrest and foreign intervention, highlighting Korea’s internal instability and vulnerability to outside powers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Bedford Incident Target entity description: 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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A.
Sian Incident
The Sian Incident was a 1936 political crisis in China in which Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was detained by his own generals, leading to a negotiated United Front between the Nationalists and Communists against Japanese aggression.
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B.
Altmark Incident
The Altmark Incident was a 1940 World War II naval confrontation in Norwegian waters, where British forces boarded the German tanker Altmark to free imprisoned Allied sailors, heightening tensions during the early "Phoney War" period.
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C.
The Kettering Incident
The Kettering Incident is an Australian mystery-thriller television series centered on a doctor who returns to her Tasmanian hometown and becomes entangled in a decades-old disappearance and strange supernatural events.
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D.
Dawson's Field hijackings
The Dawson's Field hijackings were a series of coordinated airplane hijackings in September 1970 by Palestinian militants that culminated in multiple airliners being blown up on a remote airstrip in Jordan, dramatically escalating the Palestinian militant campaign and contributing to the events of Black September.
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E.
Imo Incident
The Imo Incident was an 1882 mutiny of Korean soldiers in Seoul that escalated into violent unrest and foreign intervention, highlighting Korea’s internal instability and vulnerability to outside powers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War film
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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
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surface form:
United States
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| director | James B. Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| editedBy | Frederic Steinkamp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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thriller film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Cold War paranoia
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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
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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
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Robert Markowitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Cold War
NERFINISHED
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North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Donald Sutherland
NERFINISHED
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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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Subject: The Bedford Incident Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
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