The Bedford Incident

The Bedford Incident

1965 · 102 min · EN · PG · 6.9 (77 votes)
Dir. James B. Harris · Starring Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, James MacArthur, Martin Balsam, Wally Cox, Eric Portman · Music Gerard Schurmann

“Hunt her down … until she comes up!”

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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.

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A suffocating, high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse unfolds aboard a destroyer. The pressure cooker environment amplifies the psychological toll of the Cold War, pushing men and machines to their absolute limits in a chilling display of escalating tension.

tenseclaustrophobicgrimanxioussteadyclassic thrillerwartime dramacharacter studyescalationdutymadnesscold war paranoia
submarinecold waratlantic oceansoviet militarynuclear missilebattlefieldboat chaseconfrontationdestroyer
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