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Pressure Point

6.6Oct 10, 19621h 29mDrama

Directed by Hubert Cornfield

Written by S. Lee Pogostin, Hubert Cornfield, Robert Lindner

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

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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

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Anne Barton

Mother

James Anderson

James Anderson

Father

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