Pressure Point
“The boiling point of two men who mutinied against the world and each other!”
1962•NR•1h 29m•6.5•Released
Drama
An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate with bigoted Nazi tendencies.
Director
Hubert Cornfield
Writer
S. Lee Pogostin, Hubert Cornfield
Languages
English
Studio
Stanley Kramer Productions
Cast
Sidney Poitier
Doctor
Bobby Darin
Patient
Peter Falk
Young Psychiatrist
Carl Benton Reid
Chief Medical Officer
Mary Munday
Bar Hostess
Howard Caine
Tavern Owner
Gilbert Green
Jewish Father
Barry Gordon
Patient (as a boy)
Richard Bakalyan
Jimmy
Lynn Loring
Jewish Girl
Anne Barton
Mother
James Anderson
Father
Benjie Bancroft
Bud Cokes
Jimmie Horan
Patient
Production
Company
Stanley Kramer Productions
Producer
Stanley Kramer
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