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Mar 4, 1990 · The Incident: Directed by Joseph Sargent. With Walter Matthau, Susan Blakely, Robert Carradine, Peter Firth. Small town lawyer Harmon Cobb defends a German prisoner of war against murder charges.
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.
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During World War II, in a rural American town, a German POW is accused of murdering the town's only doctor (Barnard Hughes). Local lawyer Harmon Cobb (Walter Matthau) reluctantly becomes his defense counsel.
Local residents are outraged when their small towns lawyer is murdered at a military base during world war two.A suspect is soon named but few wan't to defend such a heinous crime.The onus falls...
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Apr 5, 2005 · 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.
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The Incident. 1990 · 1 hr 40 min. TV-PG. Drama. In a rural American town during World War II, a local lawyer reluctantly defends a German POW accused of murdering the town's only doctor. Subtitles: English. Starring: Walter Matthau Susan Blakely Robert Carradine Peter Firth Barnard Hughes Harry Morgan William Schallert. Directed by: Joseph Sargent.
The trial is mounted quickly -- but few want to defend such a heinous criminal. The onus falls on lawyer Harmon Cobb (Walter Matthau), who was best friends with the victim.
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Walter Matthau is Harmon Cobb, small town lawyer who is pretty much broke and considered a second tier lawyer. Against his will he is told to defend the German, his other option is disbarment and jail.
A mysterious murder takes place in a prisoner of war camp in a small town in Colorado during World War II. A local lawyer with a son fighting in Europe is coerced into defending a German POW accused of murdering the local man, who was also the lawyer's friend.
