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Pressure Point

Pressure Point
★ 6.6/10•1962•1h 29m•NR•Drama

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

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

Hubert Cornfield · Director

S. Lee Pogostin · Screenplay

Hubert Cornfield · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 29m
LanguageEN
Release DateOct 10, 1962

Actors

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

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