The Bedford Incident
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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.
The Bedford Incident is a film that explores themes of submarine, cold war, atlantic ocean. It also touches on soviet military and nuclear missile and battlefield.
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James B. Harris
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Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, James MacArthur, Martin Balsam, Wally Cox, Eric Portman, Michael Kane, Gary Cockrell, Phil Brown, Brian Davies
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Arthur D. Murphy Variety called The Bedford Incident "an excellent contemporary sea drama based on a little-known but day-to-day reality of the Cold War, the monitoring of Russian submarine activity...
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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.
The Bedford Incident is a film that explores themes of submarine, cold war, atlantic ocean. It also touches on soviet military and nuclear missile and battlefield.
Director
James B. Harris
Cast
Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, James MacArthur, Martin Balsam, Wally Cox, Eric Portman, Michael Kane, Gary Cockrell, Phil Brown, Brian Davies
What Critics Say
Arthur D. Murphy Variety called The Bedford Incident "an excellent contemporary sea drama based on a little-known but day-to-day reality of the Cold War, the monitoring of Russian submarine activity...
Source: Wikipedia
submarine · cold war · atlantic ocean · soviet military · nuclear missile · battlefield · boat chase · confrontation · destroyer
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