Pressure Point (1962)

6.5/10 89 min Drama

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.

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

James Anderson

Father

Jimmie Horan

Patient

Clegg Hoyt

Pete

Frank Maxwell

Bund Meeting Spectator

William H. O'Brien

Bund Meeting Spectator

Butch Patrick

Imaginary Playmate

Yvette Vickers

Drunken Woman

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