Pueblo (1973)
March 28, 1973Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Hal Holbrook
Capt. Lloyd Bucher
Ronny Cox
Signalman
Andrew Duggan
Congressman
Stephen Elliott
RAdm. F.L. Johnson
Mary Fickett
Rose Bucher
Larry Gates
American Negotiator
George Grizzard
Court Counsel
Paul Hecht
Lt. S.R. Harris
Alan Hewitt
Congressional Chairman
James Hong
Super C
Barnard Hughes
Secretary of the Navy
Robert Ito
North Korean Negotiator
Gary Merrill
Adm. Thomas E. Moorer
Richard Mulligan
CWO G.H. Lacy
John Randolph
Lt. Gen. S.J. McKee
Darryl Wells
Lt. (j.g.) F.C. Schumaker
Lenny Baker
Ens. T.L. Harris
Ralph Bell
Presiding Officer
Don Blakely
BM3 W.C. Bussell
Peter Gorwin
Radio Operator
Richard Herd
Lt. Cmdr. C. Clark
Earl Hindman
QMT Charles B. Law, Jr.
John Horn
CIC J.F. Kell
David Huffman
Seaman
Calvin Jung
North Korean Guard
Alan Koss
HCI H.P. Baldridge
Peter Masterson
ENC M.O. Goldman
Michael Parish
North Korean Guard
Addison Powell
Commissioning Officer
Sab Shimono
North Korean Officer
Philip Sterling
Court of Inquiry Member
Harvey Keitel
Seaman (uncredited)
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Pueblo is a 1973 American made-for-television war drama film starring Hal Holbrook, Ronny Cox and Andrew Duggan. It originally aired on ABC on March 29, 1973 as part of the network's ABC Theater series. Essentially a videotaped stage production, Pueblo was the story of the capture and imprisonment of the crew of USS Pueblo, a US Navy vessel captured while spying off the coast of North Korea, in 1968.
The production starred Hal Holbrook as Captain Lloyd Bucher, commanding officer of Pueblo. The structure of the play consists of Captain Bucher answering questions of two tribunals, with the scene switching back and forth between his interrogations by the North Koreans and the inquiry by the US Navy (after his return) into his possible misconduct in the Pueblo Incident. As Bucher describes incidents during the capture of the ship and during the crew's subsequent captivity, the viewer is shown re-enactments of the same.
At the 26th Primetime Emmy Awards, the program and its performers were nominated for seven awards and at the ceremony on May 28, 1974, won five. Holbrook won two Emmy Awards for his performance in Pueblo, one as Best Lead Actor in a Drama and another for Actor of the Year. Director Anthony Page was nominated for Best Director in Drama a Single Program but did not win. The program won technical awards for Film Sound Editing, Film or Tape Sound Mixing, Video Tape Editing, and was nominated for Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork. Pueblo received critical praise, with the New York Times stating, "Pueblo succeeds powerfully as television".