The Incident (1967)

Late one night, two young toughs hold hostage the passengers in one car of a New York subway train.

Director:

Larry Peerce

Writer:

Nicholas E. Baehr (story)

Stars:

Victor Arnold, Robert Bannard, Beau Bridges

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Victor Arnold	...	Tony Goya
Robert Bannard	...	Pfc. Phillip Carmatti
Beau Bridges	...	Pfc. Felix Teflinger
Ruby Dee	...	Joan Robinson
Robert Fields	...	Kenneth Otis
Jack Gilford	...	Sam Beckerman
Mike Kellin	...	Harry Purvis
Ed McMahon	...	Bill Wilks
Gary Merrill	...	Douglas McCann
Donna Mills	...	Alice Keenan
Tony Musante	...	Joe Ferrone
Brock Peters	...	Arnold Robinson
Thelma Ritter	...	Bertha Beckerman
Martin Sheen	...	Artie Connors
Jan Sterling	...	Muriel Purvis

Storyline

Stark melodrama about two thrill seeking tough guys who terrorize late-night passengers on a New York City train. The random victims are more concerned with their own problems than helping each other and pray that they won't be next. But it's going to take a lot more than prayer to end this nightmare of fear and violence. Film debut of both Martin Sheen and Tony Musante as the hoodlums.

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Plot Keywords:

passenger | train | new york city | city | subway | 

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Taglines:

At 1:55 a.m. Joe Ferrone and Artie Connors went looking for kicks. They found it 7 minutes later in "The Incident."

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 January 1968 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

El incidente

Filming Locations:

3rd Avenue, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Moned Associated

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Movie debut of Martin Sheen.

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Quotes

Pfc. Felix Teflinger: Where were you buddy?

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Connections

Featured in Ira & Abby (2006)

User Reviews

THE SUBWAY RIDE FROM HELL

a truly excellent film with remarkable performances from all of the cast. The film explores a theme of the uncaring New Yorkers which was very much a dominating force here in the mid and late 1960s. Two boys terrorize and essentially hold hostage about a dozen people on a subway car in the early morning hours. The passengers represent a crossection of New York society. It is a film about ones fears in confronting terror...in allowing evil to happen to all around you and doing nothing to stop it. It ends when finally an outsider in that subway car has reached his breaking point. Yet he too is eventually abandonded.

as a New Yorker and a subway buff i really enjoyed the exteriors of the number 4 train although the cars early on are pre 1960 and later on the exteriors are the post 1964 cars...but this is a continuity error that someone like myself would look for.

Along with a very young Martin Sheen...look for Donna Mills as a late teenage virgin..the veteran Great THELMA RITTER and a surprise appearance in a dramatic role by Johnny Carson's sidekick ED MCMAHON