John McCarthy as Seaman 1st Class - C.I.C. The pair, who divorced in 1971, shared two children, twins Kiefer and Rachel, a production manager. Sonar then detects four Soviet nuclear-armed torpedoes targeting the destroyer. The late Virginia Maskell was wonderful as his gracious wife, Antonia. The obituary was featured in MyCentralJersey on August 25, 2009. Harris remained focused on developing a serious nuclear-confrontation film, resulting in The Bedford Incident.[6][7][8]. However, both Keefer and Munceford have similar short term expectations of the Navy as Keefer is writing a novel abroad the Caine that he intends to publish after he is discharged from the Navy while Munceford is only on the Bedford to write a story about Finlander. [9], Widmark modelled the mannerisms and rhetorical style of Captain Finlander after Senator Barry Goldwater who was the Republican candidate for president in the 1964 election. Marele actor și-a amintiti mai târziu un episod care a … "USS Bedford" was a fictitious guided missile destroyer and the role of Bedford was mostly played by a large model of a Farragut-class destroyer. [20] Maloney noted that in the film version of The Bedford Incident that Finlander is portrayed as far more deranged than in the novel, arguing that Finlander's obsession with hunting Soviet submarines in the North Atlantic in the novel is "completely understandable and possibly even legitimate". Unlike the book, the film version ends with the vessels being destroyed by one another. The film is a loose remake of the US film Interlude (1957). [23] The author of The Bedford Incident, Mark Rascovich, had many contacts within the U.S Navy and seems to have learned of the two incidents, which inspired his book. A young woman is terrorized by her deceased fiancé's demented mother who blames her … Starring Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers and Donald Sutherland. The shocked Finlander then receives word of his promotion to admiral. The Bedford Incident (aka Aux Postes De Combat) is a 1965 British-American Cold War film starring Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier and co-produced by Widmark. When the submarine is found, it ignores Finlander's order to surface and identify itself. Munceford is aboard to photograph life on a Navy destroyer but his real interest is Finlander who recently was passed over for promotion to rear admiral. Uncertainty and frustration can turn into a crippling agony. He then orders the Bedford to arm weapons and withdraw to a distance to wait for the submerged sub to run out of air and be forced to surface. Both Keefer and Munceford are intellectuals who are skeptical of authority figures and are always asking inconvenient questions. [23] In many ways, the film is similar to other submarines vs. destroyers films such as Run Silent, Run Deep and The Enemy Below, but unlike those it is set in peacetime while the nuclear component greatly raises the stakes. Die! Also, watch out for young actors Sir Derek Jacobi, John Cleese and Donald Sutherland. [15] The scholars Harold R. Troper and Michael J. Strada describe The Bedford Incident as one of series of 1960s films that were "full frontal assaults on military values". He was also appearing in episodes of TV shows such as "The Saint" and "Court Martial". Are they now only half-dead down there? Also aboard the Bedford are Ensign Ralston, an inexperienced young officer constantly being criticised by his captain for small errors and Lieutenant Commander Chester Potter, the ship's new doctor, who is a recently recalled reservist. In the 1965 British anthology film "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors," Donald Sutherland fears his new bride is actually a vampire, which calls for stern measures. The two parted ways over a disagreement about the film that became Kubrick's noted Cold War nuclear-confrontation film, Dr. Strangelove; Harris had wanted it to be told as a serious thriller, but Kubrick wanted it to be a comic farce (which it became). Here are the pros & cons of this film as I see it, I hope this helps you. Biography. in the United States) is a 1965 British horror thriller film directed by Silvio Narizzano for Hammer Films. https://50plusworld.com/celebrating-seniors-donald-sutherland-is-81-part-1 [13] The South African novelist Antony Trew published in 1963 a bestselling novel, Two Hours To Darkness, about a fictional British nuclear ballistic submarine, HMS Retaliate, commanded by an officer, Captain Shadde, who like Captain Queeg is suffering from paranoia caused by undiagnosed post-traumatic stress, who is determined to fire his submarine's ICBMs at the Soviet Union. Directed by Robert Tronson. Directed by Silvio Narizzano. The American historian Stephen Whitfield argued that The Bedford Incident was a rejoinder to The Caine Mutiny. The Bedford Incident (aka Aux Postes De Combat) is a 1965 British-American Cold War film starring Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier and co-produced by Widmark. When the Soviet vessel failed to surface, the destroyers began dropping training depth charges. Here we clash in the privacy of the black, empty ocean with no audience, but our conscience; both parties want to keep it that way because the stakes are such that no compromise is possible. Douglas married actor Donald Sutherland in 1965. Does it not all naturally culminate in the totality of death and destruction?...Look and see what the Cold War really is. Paul's visited by, a man who … The cast also features Eric Portman, James MacArthur, Martin Balsam and Wally Cox, as well as early appearances by Donald Sutherland and Ed Bishop. [27] A recurring theme of the writings of the American intelligentsia in the Cold War was the fear of a rogue officer who at very least was acting recklessly in exposing the world to the risk of a nuclear armageddon. He launches an anti-submarine rocket which destroys the submarine. The film's final image is a mushroom cloud. After an argument, it was agreed that the submarine would surface and await orders from Moscow. This 1965 film was the first of the Amicus omnibus or multi-story horror pictures with a wrap-around story. [12] It is revealed that Queeg was suffering from post-traumatic stress caused by his service as a destroyer captain on the harrowing "North Atlantic run", making Keefer who has never experienced combat all the more odious. Donald Sutherland filmography; Film: 141: Television series: 42: This is the complete filmography of actor Donald Sutherland ... 1964: Castle of the Living Dead: Sgt. He was also appearing in episodes of TV shows such as \"The Saint\" and \"Court Martial\". How can governments expect their military to guide their actions by such a blatantly sordid euphemism? Shirley married fellow actor Donald Sutherland in 1965. [11] Whitfield argued that by the 1960s popular mentalities had changed so much that more anti-militaristic films such as The Bedford Incident were being released. [25] The Caine Mutiny is set in World War Two, but its picture of a destroyer commanded by an officer who has lost his mind greatly influenced several novelists in the Cold War who speculated about the possibility of a crazed naval officer trying to start World War Three either intentionally or by accident. [24] Maloney wrote: "The Bedford Incident is remarkably accurate in its assumptions that Soviet submarines were equipped with nuclear torpedoes on a routine basis". The reason he was barely cast was because he had been a last-minute replacement for an actor that had dropped out of the film. [27] MacArthur's "no substitute for victory" arguments about using nuclear weapons against China and his thesis he was answerable only to God instead of the president inspired the fears of an "out of control" military leader determined to plunge the world into a nuclear war either by design or acting rashly. Donald Sutherland’s acting career has spanned more than five decades and includes successful movies like, ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers,’ ‘M*A*S*H,’ ‘Ordinary People,’ ‘Fellini's Casanova,’ ‘Eye of the Needle,’ ‘Don't Look Now,’ ‘The Dirty Dozen,’ ‘Klute,’ ‘Animal House,’ and ‘Kelly's Heroes.’ [14] Whitfield argued that the different messages presented about the question of obeying authority and the portrayal of the military men and intellectuals in The Caine Mutiny vs. Should I only half-feared them when the crews of so many American ships and planes are totally dead as a result of Russian actions? Glenn Beck as Seaman 2nd Class - C.I.C. 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