The Incident (1967)
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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, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Tony Musante - Joe Ferrone
- Beau Bridges - PFC Felix Teflinger
- Ed McMahon - Bill Wilks
- Brock Peters - Arnold Robinson
- Victor Arnold - Tony Goya
- Robert Fields - Kenneth Otis
- Jan Sterling - Muriel Purvis
- Ruby Dee - Joan Robinson
- Henry Proach - Derelict
- Barry del Rae - Young Man No. 2
- Martin Sheen - Artie Connors
- Jack Gilford - Sam Beckerman
- Thelma Ritter - Bertha Beckerman
- Diana Van Der Vlis - Helen Wilks
- Donna Mills - Alice Keenan
- Mike Kellin - Harry Purvis
- Gary Merrill - Douglas McCann
- Kathleen Smith - Wilks' Daughter
- Don de Leo - Mr. Carmatti
- Nina Hansen - Mrs. Carmatti
- Director(s):
- Larry Peerce
- Writer(s):
- Nicholas E. Baehr
- Producer(s):
- Edward Meadow, Monroe Sachson
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