Pressure Point

October. 10,1962      NR
Rating:
7.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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

Sidney Poitier as  Doctor
Bobby Darin as  Patient
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
Barry Gordon as  Patient (as a boy)
Richard Bakalyan as  Jimmy
Lynn Loring as  Jewish Girl

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Reviews

Chirphymium
1962/10/10

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

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StyleSk8r
1962/10/11

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

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Humaira Grant
1962/10/12

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

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Mathilde the Guild
1962/10/13

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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