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Pressure Point

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1hr 27min

Genre:

Drama

Release:

1962

Director:

Hubert Cornfield

Distributor:

MGM

Starring:

Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin, Peter Falk ...more

Synopsis: Unable to get through to a particularly hostile patient, psychiatrist Peter Falk goes to gray-haired senior shrink Sidney Poitier for advice. This prompts Poitier to recall his experiences during World War II. While working on behalf of the government, Poitier was assigned the case of psycho Nazi sympathizer Bobby Darin. A complex flashback structure reveals the various influences that led to Darin's warped state of mind and to his life of crime. Poitier perceives that Darin is potentially dangerous, ... Full Synopsis

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	Craig Butler, AMG Review Pressure Point is so earnest in its intentions, so keen to get across its message, that it's a shame it isn't as compelling a drama as it so desperately wants to be. Not that Pressure is bad; it has enough assets to not only keep it from being bad but to raise it above average. But it has the major flaw of many Stanley Kramer films in that it thinks its message needs to take precedence over dramatic ... Full Review

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	Sidney Poitier Doctor Bobby Darin Patient Peter Falk Young psychiatrist Carl Benton Reid Chief medical officer

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