The Incident (1990 film)
| The Incident | |
|---|---|
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| Written by |
Michael Norell James Norell |
| Directed by | Joseph Sargent |
| Starring |
Walter Matthau Susan Blakely Robert Carradine Peter Firth Harry Morgan Barnard Hughes |
| Music by | Laurence Rosenthal |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Bill Brademan Edwin Self |
| Cinematography | Kees Van Oostrum |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Distributor | Quintex Entertainment (USA) |
| Release | |
| Original release | March 4, 1990 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by |
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore Incident in a Small Town |
The Incident is 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]
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 when the town's only doctor George Hansen (Barnard Hughes), is murdered at a local US Army camp, Camp Bremen, holding German prisoners of war.
Harmon J. Cobb (Walter Matthau), the story's protagonist, is a local lawyer given the task of defending the German prisoner accused of killing the doctor, a man who also happened to have been Cobb's good friend.[3]
Cast
- Walter Matthau as Harmon Cobb
- Susan Blakely as Billie
- Robert Carradine as Domsczek
- Peter Firth as Geiger
- Barnard Hughes as Doc Hansen
- Harry Morgan as Judge Bell
- William Schallert as Wallace
- Ariana Richards as Nancy
- Norbert Weisser as Riefenstahl
- Douglas Rowe as Clarence
- Joe Horváth as Major Lilly (as Joe Horvath)
- Helen Stenborg as Edna Mae Hansen
- Henry Crowell Jr. as Corporal Sweazy
- David Underwood as Lieutenant Morton
- Robert MacKenzie as Sergeant Osias (as Robert Mckenzie)
Awards
| Year | Award | Result | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Emmy Award | Won (tied with Caroline?) | Outstanding Made for Television Movie |
| 1990 | Emmy Award | Won | Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Special |
| 1990 | Emmy Award | 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 |
Sequels
The film spawned two sequels with Matthau and Morgan playing the same roles: Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992), and Incident in a Small Town (1994).
References
- ↑ New York Times review of the original broadcast
- ↑ "The Incident (TV Movie 1990)". IMDb. 4 March 1990. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ "The Incident at Hollywood.com". hollywood.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
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