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  • Director: Joseph Sargent
  • AMG Rating: starstarstar
  • Genre: War
  • Movie Type: Courtroom Drama, War Drama
  • Themes: Miscarriage of Justice, Crimes Against Humanity
  • Main Cast: Barnard Hughes, Walter Matthau
  • Release Year: 1989
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 95 minutes

Plot

Joseph Sargent's made-for-TV drama, set during World War II, stars Walter Matthau as an attorney coerced into defending a German POW who is accused of murdering the town physician (Barnard Hughes), Matthau's best friend. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide

Cast

Susan Blakely - Billie; Robert Carradine - Domsczek; Peter Firth - Geiger; Bob Holland - Brigaman; Barnard Hughes - Doc Hansen; Walter Matthau - Harmon Cobb; Ariana Richards - Nancy; Douglas Rowe - Clarence; William Schallert - Wallace; Helen Stenborg - Edna Mae Hansen; David Underwood - Lieutenant Morton; Annabelle Weenick - Ginny; Norbert Weisser - Riefenstahl; Stephen West - Young Lawyer; Billy Streater - Bob; Kevin Gray - Lieutenant Baldwin; Dave Cameron - Man in Suit; Joe Horvath - Major Lilly; Harry Morgan - Judge Bell; Buddy Clark - Minister; Robert McKenzie - Sergeant Osias

Credit

Randy Stone - Casting, Joseph Sargent - Director, Debra Karen - Editor, Laurence Rosenthal - Composer (Music Score), David Brisbin - Production Designer, Kees Van Oostrum - Cinematographer, Michael Norell - Screenwriter

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The Incident
Directed by Joseph Sargent
Produced by Bill Brademan
Edwin Self
Written by Michael Norell
James Norell
Starring Walter Matthau
Susan Blakely
Robert Carradine
Peter Firth
Barnard Hughes
Music by Kees Van Oostrum
Cinematography Laurence Rosenthal
Editing by Debra Karen
Distributed by Quintex Entertainment (USA)
Release date(s) March 4, 1990
Running time 100 min.
Language English

The Incident was a TV movie starring Walter Matthau, originally broadcast on the CBS network on March 4, 1990. The film marked Matthau's return to television after over 20 years.[1]

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Plot

The story takes place in the year 1944 in Lincoln Bluff, a fictional, small Colorado town.[2] The Second World War is still raging and the town faces tragedy when the town's only doctor George Hansen (Barnard Hughes), is murdered at a local US army POW camp, Camp Bremen.

Harmon J. Cobb (Walter Matthau), the story's protagonist, is a local lawyer given the unfortunate task of defending the German prisoner accused of the killing the doctor, a man who also happened to have been Cobb's good friend.[3]

Awards

Year Award Result Category
1990 Emmy Won (tied) Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special
1990 Emmy Nominated Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Miniseries or a Special
1990 Emmy Nominated Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program (Michael Norell and James Norell)
1991 Christopher Award Won (category unknown)
1991 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominated Best Television Feature or Miniseries
1991 Writers Guild of America Award Won Original Long Form

References

  1. ^ New York Times review of the original broadcast
  2. ^ Movie profile on IMDb.com
  3. ^ Movie profile on Hollywood.com

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