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Pressure Point

Pressure Point

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

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

Drama

Release: 1962-10-10Runtime: 89 minRating: 6.5 (40)

Cast

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Doctor

Bobby Darin

Bobby Darin

Patient

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

Barry Gordon

Barry Gordon

Patient (as a boy)

Richard Bakalyan

Richard Bakalyan

Jimmy

Lynn Loring

Lynn Loring

Jewish Girl

Crew

Hubert Cornfield

Director

S. Lee Pogostin

Screenplay

Ernest Gold

Ernest Gold

Original Music Composer

Hubert Cornfield

Editor

George Milo

Set Decoration

George C. Webb

Art Direction

Phil Bowles

Assistant Director

George Lane

Makeup Artist

Hubert Cornfield

Screenplay

Stanley Kramer

Stanley Kramer

Producer

Clips & Videos

"I Wanted To Help You"

"I Wanted To Help You"

The Patient's Childhood

The Patient's Childhood

The Psychiatrist Meets His New Patient

The Psychiatrist Meets His New Patient

Classic Trailer

Classic Trailer