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| Directed by | James B. Harris |
| Produced by | James B. James B Harris (born August 3, 1928 in New York) is a film screenwriter producer and director Harris Richard Widmark |
| Written by | Mark Rascovich (novel) James Poe |
| Starring | Richard Widmark Sidney Poitier James MacArthur Martin Balsam Wally Cox Eric Portman |
| Music by | Gerard Schurmann |
| Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor |
| Editing by | John Jympson |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | October 11, 1965 (U.S.) |
| Running time | 102 min. Richard Widmark ( December 26, 1914 &ndash March 24, 2008) was an American Actor of Films stage, James Poe ( October 4, 1921 — January 24, 1980) was an American film and television screen writer. Richard Widmark ( December 26, 1914 &ndash March 24, 2008) was an American Actor of Films stage, Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE (ˈpwɑːtie born February 20, 1927) is an Oscar - Golden Globe - BAFTA - and Grammy James Gordon MacArthur (born December 8, 1937 in Los Angeles California) is an American actor Martin Henry Balsam ( November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning American Wallace Maynard Cox ( December 6, 1924 – February 15, 1973) was an American comedian and actor particularly associated with the early Eric Portman (born Halifax West Yorkshire on 13 July, 1901 and died St Veep, Cornwall on 7 December, 1969 Gil Taylor, BSC (born 12 April, 1914) in Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, England, is a Cinematographer. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the |
| Language | English |
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The Bedford Incident is a Cold War film from 1965 starring Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier, and co-produced by Richard Widmark. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Richard Widmark ( December 26, 1914 &ndash March 24, 2008) was an American Actor of Films stage, Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE (ˈpwɑːtie born February 20, 1927) is an Oscar - Golden Globe - BAFTA - and Grammy The cast also features Martin Balsam and Eric Portman, as well as an early appearance by Donald Sutherland. Martin Henry Balsam ( November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning American Eric Portman (born Halifax West Yorkshire on 13 July, 1901 and died St Veep, Cornwall on 7 December, 1969 Donald McNicol Sutherland OC (born July 17, 1935) is a Canadian Actor with a film career spanning over 50 years The film was based on the 1963 book by Mark Rascovich, which was patterned after Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. Herman Melville (August 1 1819 &ndash September 28 1891 was an American novelist Short story writer Essayist and poet Moby-Dick is an 1851 Novel by Herman Melville. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaleship
The screenplay was written by James Poe. It was directed by James B. Harris, who up to that point was best known as Stanley Kubrick's producer. James B Harris (born August 3, 1928 in New York) is a film screenwriter producer and director Harris had recently split from a nine-year partnership with Kubrick. Just after the split, Kubrick would make Dr. Strangelove (1963), which raises similar issues to The Bedford Incident.
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Plot
The American destroyer USS Bedford detects a Soviet submarine in the GIUK gap near the Greenland coast. In naval terminology a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance Warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, Convoy A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability GIUK gap is an area in the northern Atlantic Ocean that forms a Naval warfare Chokepoint. Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat meaning "Land of the Greenlanders" Grønland is a self-governing Danish Province located between the Though they are not at war, Captain Eric Finlander (Widmark) harries his prey mercilessly, while civilian reporter Ben Munceford (Poitier) and NATO naval advisor, Commodore (and ex-World War II U-boat captain) Wolfgang Schrepke (Portman), look on with mounting alarm. The North Atlantic Treaty World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word, itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot ( undersea boat) and refers The film also features James MacArthur as Ensign Ralston, an inexperienced young officer who is constantly being criticized by his captain for small errors. James Gordon MacArthur (born December 8, 1937 in Los Angeles California) is an American actor
Munceford is on board in order to write an article of life on a navy destroyer, but his real interest is Captain Finlander who was recently passed over for promotion to admiral. Munceford is curious as to why. He is treated with mounting hostility by the captain because he is seen as a civilian putting his nose where it does not belong and because he disagrees with Finlander's decision to continue with an unnecessary and dangerous confrontation.
The crew becomes increasingly fatigued by the unrelenting pursuit. Sonar operator Merlin Queffle (Wally Cox) starts hallucinating and has to be relieved. Sonar (which started as an Acronym for sound navigation and ranging) is a technique that uses Sound propagation (usually underwater to navigate Wallace Maynard Cox ( December 6, 1924 – February 15, 1973) was an American comedian and actor particularly associated with the early Finally, Ralston mishears a casual conversation ("If he fires one, I'll fire one") and launches an ASROC ("Fire one, aye!") that sinks the quarry, but not before it detects the attack and launches four torpedoes at the destroyer. ASROC (for Anti-Submarine ROCket) is an all-weather all sea-conditions anti-submarine missile system developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s The modern torpedo (historically called an automotive automobile locomotive or fish torpedo is a self-propelled explosive Projectile weapon launched above or below Finlander initially continues his fight by deploying countermeasures and attempting to evade the Soviet counterattack. Realization dawns, for everyone except Munceford, that the approaching torpedoes will be nuclear. A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Finlander surrenders to the inevitable, leaves his post, and displays regret in his last few seconds of life. The movie ends with still shots of various crewmen "melting" as if the celluloid film were burning as the Bedford and her crew are vaporized. Celluloid is the name of a class of compounds created from Nitrocellulose and Camphor, plus dyes and other agents The last image of the film is an iconic, towering mushroom cloud from the detonation. A mushroom cloud is a distinctive Mushroom -shaped Cloud of condensed Water vapor or Debris resulting from a very large Explosion.
Production
The Bedford Incident was mostly filmed at Shepperton Studios in England, although some shots at sea were used, including a vessel portraying a Russian intelligence ship (with English, and not Cyrillic lettering along the side), and a Royal Navy frigate (HMS Wakeful) portraying Bedford in one scene. Shepperton Studios, located in Shepperton, Surrey, England is a film studio with a long history of film making England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland HMS Wakeful (R59 was an W-class Destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II.
USS Bedford (DLG-113) is a fictitious guided missile destroyer. A guided missile destroyer is a Destroyer designed to launch Guided missiles Many are also equipped to carry out anti-submarine, anti-air No ship of the United States Navy has been named Bedford, or had the hull classification symbol DLG-113, but the role of Bedford was played by a Farragut-class destroyer. The United States Navy uses hull classification symbols (sometimes called hull codes) to identify the types of its ships List of Farragut class destroyers
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