Better Late Then Never

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

When reporter Sidney Poitier is assigned to a submarine to conduct a routine inspection, he ends up staying aboard for much longer than he planned. He gets to know the amiable crew, including Martin Balsam, Wally Cox, James MacArthur, and Eric Portman, but it's Captain Richard Widmark who proves to be a problem. He's a ruthless captain who isn't at all friendly to their visitor, and he's obsessed with destroying a Russian submarine! If you don't like Cold War thrillers, you're going to want to rent a different film for this weekend. Yes, there are some arguments that are more ship-related than Russian-related, but they're not nearly as intense as The Caine Mutiny. And while the best scenes involve Martin Balsam, he's not the first or second lead, so he doesn't make up for a rather mediocre thriller. There are lots of other movies where you can see Richard Widmark playing an unstoppable bad guy, or Sidney Poitier playing a noble good guy. And if you grew up during the Cold War and love those movies—because I haven't met anyone who likes them for any other reason—you're better off watching The Fifth Missile. It has a better story and infinitely more tension.

This is a very, very taut Cold War film--very much in the same mold as "Fail-Safe" and even a bit like "Dr. Strangelove". So, while you might think this is a very pro-war sort of film, it isn't--it's about the dangers of overzealous folks who might be propelling us to nuclear disaster.The film is set on a US destroyer--a naval ship whose job it is to track Soviet subs near Greenland. Its captain is a very efficient and hard-driven man (Richard Widmark). Onto this very business-like ship come a new ship's doctor (Martin Balsam) and reporter (Sidney Poitier). While the reporter character seemed very unrealistic, Poitier did fine in this role. Most of the film consists of the captain playing a cat-and-mouse game with an unidentified sub--one the captain is determined not to let go. Unfortunately, he's so determined, he's almost like Captain Ahab! Where is all this going to end? See the film and find out.This movie works very well because the sense of tension was THICK and the acting was quite good. It also has nice production values and looks like you are at sea, as the models used are pretty good ones. It's also a bit disconcerting--and the filmmakers clearly intended this.By the way, the game played in the film with the sub might have been timely in 1965, but with the proliferation of nuclear subs, these ships no longer needed to surface for air like the one in the film. Also, look closely near the beginning of the film and you'll see a young Donald Sutherland working in the lab.

this was billed as a C4 afternoon movie - a hard nosed cold war captain, now patrolling the oceans for Russians, with a crew that works to its captains every word, all working 100%, with no relapse something is going to go wrong, picked up by poitiers journalist and the doc, the journalist can see what is going to happen, the old German U boat captain with Eric portman doing his best to tell his friend to stop this game or will end in tragedy, this it does, and in a mistake by the weapons officer this game of chess is ultimately won....Its a superb film from shepperton studios, one of their many best, its one of them films that once you have watched it, you will want to see it again, a superb piece of work by the actors, and all the other people involved....I wont forget Finlanders face when he realises this game is over....

The 1965 cold war film, "The Bedford Incident", by James B. Harris is a great suspenseful production. The storyline is written quite well, and accompanied by the great acting from the cast, i instantly became drawn into the film, feeling as if i was there. I thought the angles used by the cameras and the shots they produced where amazing. I felt that the sound effects and lighting added to the tension that built up throughout the film. I did think that the models that were used, the boat and the iceberg, could have been a little more realistic, but hey. All in all i give the film , "The Bedford incident" 4 1/2 out of 6 chicken nuggets