The Incident (1990)

  • PG-13
  • 03/04/1990 (US)
  • Drama, TV Movie
  • 1h 40m

When a German officer in a US Army POW camp in a rural American town is accused of murder, Harmon Cobb becomes his reluctant counsel.

Overview

Small town lawyer, Harmon Cobb, defends a Nazi prisoner of war against murder charges. Set during World War II, Cobb has to contend with the difficulties of defending the devil when the town's only doctor (Barnard Hughes) dies while at "Camp Bremen" in the fictitious town of Bremen, Colorado.

Joseph Sargent

Director

Michael Norell

Writer

James Norell

Writer

Cast

Walter Matthau's headshot

Walter Matthau

Harmon Cobb
Susan Blakely's headshot

Susan Blakely

Billie
Robert Carradine's headshot

Robert Carradine

Domsczek
Harry Morgan's headshot

Harry Morgan

Judge Bell
William Schallert's headshot

William Schallert

Wallace
Peter Firth's headshot

Peter Firth

Geiger
Norbert Weisser's headshot

Norbert Weisser

Riefenstahl
Barnard Hughes's headshot

Barnard Hughes

Doc Hansen

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