Pressure Point
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“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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35 people
Sidney Poitier
Doctor
Known for
In the Heat of the Night
The Jackal
Bobby Darin
Patient
Known for
Hell Is for Heroes
Come September
Peter Falk
Young Psychiatrist
Known for
Columbo
The Princess Bride
Carl Benton Reid
Chief Medical Officer
Known for
In a Lonely Place
The Little Foxes
Mary Munday
Bar Hostess
Known for
Magic
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Howard Caine
Tavern Owner
Known for
Watermelon Man
Hogan's Heroes
Gilbert Green
Jewish Father
Known for
Executive Action
Experiment in Terror
Barry Gordon
Patient (as a boy)
Known for
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
Richard Bakalyan
Jimmy
Known for
The Fox and the Hound
Chinatown
Lynn Loring
Jewish Girl
Known for
Doppelgänger
Splendor in the Grass
Anne Barton
Mother
Known for
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
The Left Handed Gun
James Anderson
Father
Known for
To Kill a Mockingbird
Take the Money and Run
Hubert Cornfield Director · S. Lee Pogostin Screenplay Robert Lindner Story
Worldwide gross $665K · Budget $1M · United States release October 10, 1962
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Budget
$1,000,000
Worldwide gross
$665,000
Gross vs. budget
0.7×
Production
Stanley Kramer Productions
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 10, 1962
Theatrical · New York
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