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Pressure Point is a 1962 American psychological drama film directed and co-written by Hubert Cornfield. It stars Sidney Poitier and Bobby Darin, about a prison psychiatrist treating an American Nazi sympathizer during World War II.
Pressure Point: Directed by Hubert Cornfield. With Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin, Peter Falk, Carl Benton Reid. A black prison psychiatrist is assigned the distasteful task of helping a paranoid American Nazi charged with sedition.
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- Drama
- Hubert Cornfield
- 1963-07-11
Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. Frustrated by his inability to help an African-American patient who hates whites, a psychiatrist (Peter Falk) asks his superior (Sidney Poitier) to release him from ...
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- Hubert Cornfield
- Drama
- Sidney Poitier
During the turbulent Civil Rights era of the early 1960s, a young white psychiatrist becomes discouraged with his inability to reach a disaffected, institutionalized young black man.
Pressure Point (1962) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate with bigoted Nazi tendencies.
A black psychiatrist tries to help a racist convict deal with his mental demons.
