Product Details

• Actors: Walter Matthau, Robert Carradine, Harry Morgan, Susan Blakely
• Directors: Joseph Sargent
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Platinum Disc
• DVD Release Date: April 5, 2005
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007XG18A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,661 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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INCIDENT - DVD Movie

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62 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent made-for-TV story of German POWs in the USA, December 7, 2007

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Alan Holyoak (The Shadow of the Tetons) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Incident (DVD)

During WWII German POWs were housed in camps across the USA. "The Incident" is set in a small Colorado town near such a camp, and things seem to be going along well enough until the universally liked small town doctor is murdered one night at the camp.

A suspect is identified, and wheels go in motion that produce high-level suspence and intrigue. Before you know it a Federal Judge (Harry Morgan) is in town, preparing to try the soldier for murder in a civilian court. The catch is this, in order to run a fair trial someone has to defend the soldier.

The judge pressures the local small-town lawyer (Walter Matthau) into defending the soldier. It looks like an open and shut case - there is a murder, a weapon, witnesses, and universal hatred toward the soldier, but is everything as it appears?

Enjoy this engaging movie. It's definitely my all-time favorite Walter Matthau movie.

The story has interesting twists and turns, and produces strong emotion.

Definitely 5 stars! Great story, acting, and drama!

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Incident, September 21, 2008

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Jerry L. Nelson "Independant truth" (Dallas, TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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I highly recommend this and the two sequals that follow for any movie fan. Not only is this a good movie, but brings back fond memories of times past. An outstanding performance by Walter Matthau, Harry Morgan, Susan Blakely, and many more. Go back to 1944 in this very enjoyable movie in which the beloved small town doctor (Barnard Hughes) is killed by a German POW at the local POW camp. Harmon Cobb(Matthau) is a poor small town lawyer who is forced to defend the German accused of the crime. Judge Bell (Harry Morgan) is the judge who is out to hang the German Nazi and doesn't want Cobb or anyone else to mess up an open and shut case. However more is a foot as Cobb finds this is not an open and shut case; but rather a complex conspiracy involving his old friend the deceased doctor and others. Excellent trial scenes and a strong message that the obvious isn't always so obvious. We must always dig deep to find the truth of any situation. We are reminded that evil triumphs only when the good do nothing.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars incident, January 28, 2009

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Michelle Polk (Mississippi, USA) - See all my reviews
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WWII is going on and government officials want to make a show of german pow's. Mr. Cobb is called on to defend the one of the german pow's for the murder of a civilian doctor. It was suppose to be all for show but Cobb proves to be a better lawyer than was expected. Cobb runs into some prejudice from his friends to bring justice where it is needed.

I like these series. There is much carmaraderie between the characters and they are clean.