The Incident (1967)
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83% of critics liked it
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88% of users liked it
(319 ratings)
Martin Sheen may be the Grey Eminence of movies nowadays, but back in 1967 he often as not played switchblade-wielding punks. This he does, in the company of Tony Musante, in The Incident. After mugging a helpless old man, Sheen and Musante take over a subway car, terrorizing its occupants. In… More Martin Sheen may be the Grey Eminence of movies nowadays, but back in 1967 he often as not played switchblade-wielding punks. This he does, in the company of Tony Musante, in The Incident. After mugging a helpless old man, Sheen and Musante take over a subway car, terrorizing its occupants. In Stagecoach fashion, all the best and worst qualities of the passengers are brought to the surface by the presence of danger. Among the passengers are angry black man Brock Peters and his supplicative wife Ruby Dee, ex-alcoholic Gary Merrill, timorous Jewish couple Jack Gilford and Thelma Ritter, blowhard Ed McMahon, and homosexual Robert Fields. It is furloughed army private Beau Bridges who puts an end to Sheen and Musante's reign of terror. Based on Ride with Terror a 1963 TV play by Nicholas E. Baehr, The Incident is an unpleasant but undeniably fascinating character study. And yes, that cute young blonde playing Alice Keenan is Donna Mills. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Larry Peerce
- Written By
- Nicholas E. Baehr
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 5, 1967 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Prairie Miller, WBAI Web Radio
It has been said about the film industry in the US, that it's a business whose commercial product just happens to be movies.
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Matt Brunson, Creative Loafing
The sort of raw drama that, sad to say, never loses its topicality.
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Cast
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Tony Musante
as Joe Ferrone
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Martin Sheen
as Artie Connors
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Beau Bridges
as PFC Felix Teflinger
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Jack Gilford
as Sam Beckerman
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Thelma Ritter
as Bertha Beckerman
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Ed McMahon
as Bill Wilks
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Diana Van der Vlis
as Helen Wilks
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Brock Peters
as Arnold Robinson
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Victor Arnold
as Tony Goya
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Donna Mills
as Alice Keenan
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Robert Fields
as Kenneth Otis
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Mike Kellin
as Harry Purvis
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Jan Sterling
as Muriel Purvis
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Gary Merrill
as Douglas McCann
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Ruby Dee
as Joan Robinson
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Kathleen Smith
as Wilks' Daughter
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Henry Proach
as Derelict
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Don de Leo
as Mr. Carmatti
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Barry del Rae
as Young Man No. 2
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Nina Hansen
as Mrs. Carmatti
- Robert Bannard
