Directed by:
Larry PeerceScreenplay:
Nicholas E. BaehrCinematography:
Gerald HirschfeldComposer:
Charles FoxCast:
Beau Bridges, Ruby Dee, Jack Gilford, Mike Kellin, Ed McMahon, Gary Merrill, Donna Mills, Tony Musante, Brock Peters, Thelma Ritter, Martin Sheen, Jan Sterling (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
After mugging an old man for a few dollars, thugs Artie (Martin Sheen) and Joe (Tony Musante) hop a subway deep in the Bronx, and proceed to threaten and intimidate the Sunday night commuters all the way to Times Square. The terrified riders are a mixed group an elderly Jewish couple, a family trying to protect their 5-year-old daughter, an alcoholic, two teens on a date, two military Privates, a bigoted African-American man and his wife, etc. but they are united by their fear and sense of helplessness as switchblade-wielding Joe and Artie block the subway doors from opening at stops, and prevent the riders from leaving. Will any of them have the courage to confront the two maniacs?
A high-velocity "home invasion"-styled hostage drama on rails, The Incident is a NYC transit suspense film that precedes the better-known The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by seven years. When director Larry Peerce and cinematographer Gerald Hirschfeld were denied permission to shoot in the NYC subways, they did it anyway, using concealed cameras for some footage, providing a gritty time capsule of the 60s Big Apple as it begins to rot.
(Eureka Entertainment)
Cast
Beau Bridges
USA
Best movies:
Into the West (2005) (series)
Stargate: Continuum (2008)
The Red Pony (1949)
Ruby Dee
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Jack Gilford
USA
Best movies:
Save the Tiger (1973)
The Incident (1967)
Catch-22 (1970)
Mike Kellin
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
The Incident (1967)
The Boston Strangler (1968)
Ed McMahon
USA
Best movies:
The Incident (1967)
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
The Weather Man (2005)
Gary Merrill
USA
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
Rawhide (1951)
Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
Donna Mills
USA
Best movies:
The Incident (1967)
Play Misty for Me (1971)
Curse of the Black Widow (1977) (TV movie)
Tony Musante
USA
Best movies:
Once a Thief (1965)
The Incident (1967)
The Repenter (1985)
Brock Peters
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Thelma Ritter
USA
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
All About Eve (1950)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Martin Sheen
USA
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Departed (2006)
Jan Sterling
USA
Best movies:
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Caged (1950)
Johnny Belinda (1948)
Victor Arnold
USA
Best movies:
...And Justice for All (1979)
Two Family House (2000)
The Incident (1967)
Diana Van der Vlis
Canada
Best movies:
Lovespell (1979)
The Incident (1967)
The Swimmer (1968)
Robert Bannard
USA
Best movies:
The Incident (1967)
Robert Fields
USA
Best movies:
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
The Incident (1967)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
Nina Hansen
Best movies:
The Incident (1967)
Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)