The Bedford Incident

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Cold War film film naval thriller film

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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