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:

As Shocking As Anything Let Loose On The Screen!

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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

The travel time, as shown, in going from one station to the next was far too long to be realistic for the NYC subway. Normal travel time is usually under 5 minutes between stations.

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Quotes

Pfc. Felix Teflinger: Where were you buddy?

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Connections

References Felix the Cat (1959)

User Reviews

Subway rider's worst nightmare depicted here. Brief review.

It's the subway ride we all dread, closed in for many minutes with street hoods. In the early a.m hours, petty criminals (Martin Sheen, Tony Musante) board a crowded subway train after mugging a helpless old man. Inbetween subway stops, the hoods terrorize the passengers in the subway car. They hit upon the women, taunt the male passengers into fights. Finally, a young man in uniform (Beau Bridges) becomes the first to defend themselves, and gets into a harrowing fight with Musante. One of the first attempts at a low budget independent film. Director Larry Pearce gets excellent performances out of the all-star cast. Some of the dialog is a rather forced, cliched, and the time period between subway stops go on way too long. But there are fine moments (Musante verbally tearing apart passenger Brock Peters, Sheen scaring the daylights out of boarding passengers when the subway DOES stop) The film makes one think of the more exciting, and more thought out "Taking Of Pelham One Two Three (1974)"