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Pressure Point
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Pressure Point

Oct 10, 1962
1h 29m
★ 6.5

The boiling point of two men who mutinied against the world and each other!

Overview

An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate with bigoted Nazi tendencies.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Stanley Kramer Productions

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Cast

Sidney Poitier

Doctor

Sidney Poitier

Bobby Darin

Patient

Bobby Darin

Peter Falk

Young Psychiatrist

Peter Falk

Carl Benton Reid

Chief Medical Officer

Carl Benton Reid

Mary Munday

Bar Hostess

Mary Munday

Howard Caine

Tavern Owner

Howard Caine

Gilbert Green

Jewish Father

Gilbert Green

Barry Gordon

Patient (as a boy)

Barry Gordon

Richard Bakalyan

Jimmy

Richard Bakalyan

Lynn Loring

Jewish Girl

Lynn Loring

Anne Barton

Mother

Anne Barton

James Anderson

Father

James Anderson

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