Pressure Point (1962)
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.
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Sidney PoitierDoctor
Bobby DarinPatient
Barry GordonPatient (as a boy)
Peter FalkYoung Psychiatrist
Carl Benton ReidChief Medical OfficerMary MundayBar Hostess
Howard CaineTavern Owner
Gilbert GreenJewish Father
Lynn LoringJewish Girl
Butch PatrickImaginary Playmate
Yvette VickersDrunken Woman
William H. O'BrienBund Meeting SpectatorKeywords
PrisonAnti semitism1940sFlashbackInsomniaNightmarePsychiatristTold in flashbackFascismPsychiatric treatmentNazi collaborationismBlack doctorSeditionAmerican-naziAnti-blacknessRacial hatredBlack american
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Genre affinityDramaTheme affinityPrison · Anti Semitism · 1940sDialogue densityDramaPacingShortDirector preference339511Actor preference329015 · 291517 · 454368
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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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Pressure Point has a runtime of 90 minutes.
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