The Incident (1990 film)
The Incident is a 1990 American made-for-television drama film directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Walter Matthau and Harry Morgan which was originally broadcast on CBS on March 4, 1990. The film marked Matthau's return to television after over 20 years.
The film was followed by two sequels: and Incident in a Small Town.
Plot
The story takes place in the year 1944 in Lincoln Bluff, a fictional, small Colorado town. The Second World War is still raging when the town's only doctor George Hansen, is murdered at a local US Army camp, Camp Bremen, holding German prisoners of war.Harmon J. Cobb, the story's protagonist, is a local lawyer given the task of defending the German prisoner accused of
killing the doctor, a man who also happened to have been Cobb's good friend.
Cast
- Walter Matthau as Harmon Cobb
- Susan Blakely as Billie
- Robert Carradine as Domsczek
- Peter Firth as Geiger
- Barnard Hughes as Doc Hansen
- Harry Morgan as Judge Bell
- William Schallert as Wallace
- Ariana Richards as Nancy
- Norbert Weisser as Riefenstahl
- Douglas Rowe as Clarence
- Joe Horváth as Major Lilly
- Helen Stenborg as Edna Mae Hansen
- Henry Crowell Jr. as Corporal Sweazy
- David Underwood as Lieutenant Morton
- Robert MacKenzie as Sergeant Osias
- Ragan Simpich as extra soldier his Dodge Power Wagon and jeep VLO I also used in the movie
Awards
| Year | Award | Result | Category |
| 1990 | Emmy Award | Won | Outstanding Made for Television Movie |
| 1990 | Emmy Award | Won | Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Special |
| 1990 | Emmy Award | Nominated | Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or a Special |
| 1991 | Christopher Award | Won | |
| 1991 | Edgar Allan Poe Award | Nominated | Best Television Feature or Miniseries |
| 1991 | Writers Guild of America Award | Won | Original Long Form |