Pressure Point
1962 · Movie · 1h 29m · NR
Drama
"The boiling point of two men who mutinied against the world and each other!"
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
Key crew
- Hubert CornfieldDirector
- S. Lee PogostinScreenplay
- Ernest GoldOriginal Music Composer
- Hubert CornfieldScreenplay
Cast
- Sidney PoitierDoctor
- Bobby DarinPatient
- Peter FalkYoung Psychiatrist
- Carl Benton ReidChief Medical Officer
- Mary MundayBar Hostess
- Howard CaineTavern Owner
- Gilbert GreenJewish Father
- Barry GordonPatient (as a boy)
- Richard BakalyanJimmy
- Lynn LoringJewish Girl
- Anne BartonMother
- James AndersonFather
Stills
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Themes
prisonnightmarefascisminsomniaflashbackantisemitismracismpsychiatristtold in flashbacknazi collaborationism1940sblack doctor