---
title: 'The Bedford Incident (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James B. Harris'
released: '1965-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-bedford-incident-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058962/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Bedford Incident (1965)

1965 · 102 min · Drama, Thriller · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The Bedford Incident is a 1965 British-American Cold War film starring Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier, with James MacArthur, Martin Balsam, Wally Cox, and Eric Portman in support. It was directed by James B. Harris, and produced by Harris and Widmark, adapted from a 1963 novel of the same name by Mark Rascovich, which borrowed from the plot of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Richard Widmark](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-widmark)
- **Director:** [James B. Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-b-harris)
- **Screenplay:** [James Poe](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-poe)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Gerard Schurmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-schurmann)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gilbert Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilbert-taylor)
- **Editor:** [John Jympson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-jympson)

## Cast

- [Sidney Poitier](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-poitier)
- [Wally Cox](https://cinepixo.com/people/wally-cox)
- [Martin Balsam](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-balsam)
- [Eric Portman](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-portman)
- [Donald Sutherland](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-sutherland)
- [James MacArthur](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-macarthur)
- [Richard Widmark](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-widmark)
- [Phil Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/phil-brown)
- [Ed Bishop](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-bishop)

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