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Pressure Point

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Pressure Point

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

6.5

1h 29m

1962

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

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.

Director

Hubert Cornfield

Trailer

Drama

prisonnightmarefascisminsomniaflashbackantisemitismracismpsychiatristtold in flashbacknazi collaborationism1940sblack doctor

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Cast & Crew

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

as Doctor

Bobby Darin

Bobby Darin

as Patient

Peter Falk

Peter Falk

as Young Psychiatrist

Carl Benton Reid

Carl Benton Reid

as Chief Medical Officer

Mary Munday

Mary Munday

as Bar Hostess

Howard Caine

Howard Caine

as Tavern Owner

Gilbert Green

Gilbert Green

as Jewish Father

Barry Gordon

Barry Gordon

as Patient (as a boy)

Richard Bakalyan

Richard Bakalyan

as Jimmy

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