The Incident (TV movie)

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The Incident
Directed by	Joseph Sargent
Produced by	Bill Brademan Edwin Self
Written by	Michael Norell James Norell
Starring	Walter Matthau Susan Blakely Robert Carradine Peter Firth Barnard Hughes
Music by	Kees Van Oostrum
Cinematography	Laurence Rosenthal
Editing by	Debra Karen
Distributed by	Quintex Entertainment (USA)
Release date(s)	March 4, 1990
Running time	100 min.
Language	English
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The Incident was a TV movie starring Walter Matthau, orignally broadcast on the CBS network on March 4, 1990. The film marked Matthau's return to television after over 20 years.^[1]

[edit] Plot

The story takes place in the year 1944 in Breman, a fictional, small Colorado town.^[2] The Second World War is still raging and the town faces tragedy when the town's only doctor (Barnard Hughes), is murdered at a local POW camp.

Harmon Cobb (Walter Matthau), the story's protagonist, is a local lawyer given the unfortunate task of defending the Nazi prisoner accused of the killing the doctor, a man who also happened to have been Cobb's good friend.^[3]

[edit] Awards

Year	Award	Result	Category
1990	Emmy	Won (tied)	Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special
1990	Emmy	Nominated	Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Miniseries or a Special
1990	Emmy	Nominated	Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program
1991	Christopher Award	Won	(category unknown)
1991	Edgar Allan Poe Award	Nominated	Best Television Feature or Miniseries
1991	Writers Guild of America Award	Won	Original Long Form