Pressure Point
Pressure Point

Movie·1962·1h 29m

Pressure Point

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

Country

United States of America

Language

English

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The Story

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

Written By

S. Lee Pogostin

Producer

Stanley Kramer

Cinematography

Ernest Haller

Music

Ernest Gold

Editor

Hubert Cornfield

Themes

prisonnightmarefascisminsomniaflashbackantisemitismracismpsychiatristtold in flashbacknazi collaborationism1940sblack doctor

Production House

Stanley Kramer Productions

Audience Score

65%

41 votes

Skip12%
Timepass27%
Go for it38%
Perfection23%

Where to watch

Region: US

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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

Anne Barton

Mother

James Anderson

James Anderson

Father

Benjie Bancroft

Bud Cokes

Jimmie Horan

Jimmie Horan

Patient

Clegg Hoyt

Clegg Hoyt

Pete

Frank Maxwell

Frank Maxwell

Bund Meeting Spectator

William H. O'Brien

William H. O'Brien

Bund Meeting Spectator

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Crew

Hubert Cornfield

Director, Editor, Screenplay

S. Lee Pogostin

Screenplay

Ernest Gold

Ernest Gold

Original Music Composer

Stanley Kramer

Stanley Kramer

Producer

Ernest Haller

Ernest Haller

Director of Photography

Frederic Knudtson

Editor

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