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Pressure Point (1962)

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

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 30M

Director : Hubert Cornfield
Writer : Hubert Cornfield, S. Lee Pogostin

Synopsis

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

Actors

Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Doctor
Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin
Patient
Barry Gordon
Barry Gordon
Patient (as a boy)
Peter Falk
Peter Falk
Young Psychiatrist
Carl Benton Reid
Carl Benton Reid
Chief Medical Officer
Mary Munday
Mary Munday
Bar Hostess
Howard Caine
Howard Caine
Tavern Owner
Gilbert Green
Gilbert Green
Jewish Father
Lynn Loring
Lynn Loring
Jewish Girl
Butch Patrick
Butch Patrick
Imaginary Playmate (uncredited)
Yvette Vickers
Yvette Vickers
Drunken Woman (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
William H. O'Brien
Bund Meeting Spectator (uncredited)

Crews

Hubert Cornfield
Hubert Cornfield
Director
Hubert Cornfield
Hubert Cornfield
Screenplay
Stanley Kramer
Stanley Kramer
Producer
Ernest Gold
Ernest Gold
Music
Ernest Haller
Ernest Haller
Director of Photography
Frederic Knudtson
Frederic Knudtson
Editor
Lynn Stalmaster
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Rudolph Sternad
Rudolph Sternad
Production Design
S. Lee Pogostin
S. Lee Pogostin
Screenplay

Trailers and other movies

Pressure Point (1962) trailer

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