Aired Tuesday 5 May, 12:55pm - 3:00pmon Film4

The Bedford Incident (1965)

Name: The Bedford Incident
Rating: 7.3

Action / Adventure / Crime drama

Thriller about a photojournalist on board a destroyer, the Bedford, commanded by Captain Finlander. When the ship discovers a Soviet sub in Greenland's territorial waters, the Captain begins a relentless pursuit that pushes his crew to breaking point.

IMDb7.3

Rotten Tomatoes86%

Country: USA

Cast and crew

James HarrisDirector
Richard WidmarkCaptain Eric Finlander U.S.N.
Sidney PoitierBen Munceford
Martin BalsamLieutenant Commander Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.
James MacArthurEnsign Ralston
Wally CoxSeaman Merlin Queffle
Eric PortmanCommodore Wolfgange Schrepke Deutsche Marine
Michael KaneCommander Allison Executive Officer
Phil BrownChif Hospitalman James McKinley
Gary CockrellLieutenant Bascombe U.S.N.
Brian DaviesLieutenant Beckman U.S.N.
Warren StanhopeHospitalman Strauss
Donald SutherlandHospitalman Nerney
Colin MaitlandSeaman Jones
Ed BishopLieutenant Hacker U.S.N.
George RoubicekLieutenant Berger U.S.N.

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