The Bedford Incident
 

Saw this movie on the recommendation of a friend and was pretty much blown away. Anyone else here a fan, or, perhaps who's read the novel they based it off of?

I saw the movie a long time ago, and it struck me as pretty good
I have read the novel as well, but only in german translation, but that translation was pretty good as far as naval language goes.
I can't remember the film, but in the book the reporter is the greatest ******* ever to be protagonist in a novel.
Also, in the book, the torpedoes fired at the Bedford are not nukes, but blow her out of the water just as well.

I highly recommend the novel, its ending is quite different than that of the film.

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He seems pretty neutral in the movie, but then he's played by Sidney Poitier, who excels at the 'everyman, imagine yourself in this character's place' acting style. Well, there's one exception...when he interviews Finlander, there's a great reversal when the reporter sort of assumes the predator role and the Captain is suddenly squirming as hard as the submarine to get away.

Foreshadowed the end of the movie, in a way, since the Soviet captain...well, I imagined him reacting to the Bedford's harassment in much the same was as Finlander reacted to Munceford.

Despite the technical problems that the sub firing nuke fish presents (failsafe's and such), I think I prefer them being nuclear.

I'll have to give the novel a read, though.

Great movie:rock:

Been a while since I read Bedford, but I don't remember her getting torpedoed. Instead, the West German commodore sabotages one of the ship's missile launchers, destroying the Bedford - I guess the idea was to hide the embarassing truth of what happened lest both sides learn the truth and start WWIII.

It's a good movie. :up:

Own it and love it!

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I also own this movie. Widmark as the hard driving cold warrior out on the front line. If youv'e seen any of his psycho killer movies think of him without the laugh, and add the responsibility of command in the far flung regions of the very north atlantic with a over zealous news man on his destroyer. Great flick.

adding ditto's. A must see.

My favorite line from that movie by the former U-Boat commander:
"No captain, I find you frightening".

and ...

"You do have an evassive plan, don't you Captain Finlander?"

Arming ASROC Captain:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASROC

I haven't seen that movie for years but thought it was great. Funny though--I didn't ever think that the torps were nucs but thought the mushroom cloud symbolized what the incident started, ie WWIII.

Think I'll order the book now :yep:!