Pressure Point

Pressure Point

90 mins | Drama | Oct. 10, 1962

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

Pressure Point

90 mins | Drama | Oct. 10, 1962

Pressure Point
An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate with bigoted Nazi tendencies.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Stanley Kramer Productions
Original title Pressure Point
Directors Hubert Cornfield
Writers S. Lee Pogostin, Hubert Cornfield

Cast

Sidney Poitier

as Doctor

Bobby Darin

as Patient

Barry Gordon

as Patient (as a boy)

Peter Falk

as Young Psychiatrist

Carl Benton Reid

as Chief Medical Officer

Mary Munday

as Bar Hostess

Howard Caine

as Tavern Owner

Gilbert Green

as Jewish Father

Lynn Loring

as Jewish Girl

Butch Patrick

as Imaginary Playmate (uncredited)

Yvette Vickers

as Drunken Woman (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

as Bund Meeting Spectator (uncredited)