Pressure Point
An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate with bigoted Nazi tendencies.
Release Date
October 10, 1962Runtime
89 minRating
NRGenres
DramaDirected by
Hubert Cornfield, Phil BowlesScreenplay by
Hubert Cornfield, S. Lee PogostinLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Sidney Poitier
DoctorBobby Darin
PatientPeter Falk
Young PsychiatristCarl Benton Reid
Chief Medical OfficerMary Munday
Bar HostessHoward Caine
Tavern OwnerGilbert Green
Jewish FatherBarry Gordon
Patient (as a boy)Richard Bakalyan
JimmyLynn Loring
Jewish GirlJames Anderson
FatherClegg Hoyt
PeteFrank Maxwell
Bund Meeting SpectatorWilliam H. O'Brien
Bund Meeting SpectatorButch Patrick
Imaginary PlaymateYvette Vickers
Drunken WomanEthan Laidlaw
George Murdock
Jack Perrin
Harry Wilson
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