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4 March 1990 (USA) morePlot:
Small town lawyer, Harmon Cobb, defends a Nazi prisoner of war against murder charges. Set during World War II... more | full synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Won Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations moreUser Comments:
Just a response to earlier review; yes there were German POWs in the US moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Walter Matthau | ... | Harmon Cobb | |
| Susan Blakely | ... | Billie | |
| Robert Carradine | ... | Domsczek | |
| Peter Firth | ... | Geiger | |
| Barnard Hughes | ... | Doc Hansen | |
| Harry Morgan | ... | Judge Bell | |
| William Schallert | ... | Wallace | |
| Ariana Richards | ... | Nancy | |
| Norbert Weisser | ... | Riefenstahl | |
| Douglas Rowe | ... | Clarence | |
| Joe Horváth | ... | Major Lilly (as Joe Horvath) | |
| Helen Stenborg | ... | Edna Mae Hansen | |
| Henry Crowell Jr. | ... | Corporal Sweazy | |
| David Underwood | ... | Lieutenant Morton | |
| Robert MacKenzie | ... | Sergeant Osias (as Robert Mckenzie) |
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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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UK:PGFilming Locations:
Carnegie Mellon University - 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA moreFun Stuff
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One of the earlier reviews of this fine little TV movie suggested that it stretched credulity to believe that German POWs would be found so far from Europe. Yet by the end of the war, over 375,000 German POWs were in several hundred camps throughout the United States, mostly in the South and Southwest, far from critical war industries in the Midwest and along the Eastern seaboard. There were over 425,000 total Axis prisoners in the US by 1945.
The Incident is a really well-made movie. Director Joseph Sargent, still at it in his late 70s or early 80s, created memorable TV and theatrical films such as "The Marcus Nelson Murders" (to become Kojak), "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three", "Miss Evers' Boys", and "A Lesson Before Dying."