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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. Plot. The film begins at a psychiatric institution in 1962.
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.
Pressure Point. Rent Pressure Point on Fandango at Home, or buy it on Fandango at Home. Frustrated by his inability to help an African-American patient who hates whites, a psychiatrist...
Brief Synopsis. A black psychiatrist tries to help a racist convict deal with his mental demons. Cast & Crew. Read More. Hubert Cornfield. Director. Sidney Poitier. Doctor. Bobby Darin. Patient. Peter Falk. Young psychiatrist. Carl Benton Reid. Chief medical officer. Mary Munday. Bar hostess. Film Details. Also Known As. Point Blank. Genre. Drama.
Summaries. A black prison psychiatrist is assigned the distasteful task of helping a paranoid American Nazi charged with sedition. An African-American prison psychiatrist (Sidney Poitier) finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate (Bobby Darin) with bigoted Nazi tendencies. — Anonymous.
Play Trailer. The boiling point of two men who mutinied against the world and each other! Overview. An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate with bigoted Nazi tendencies. Hubert Cornfield. Director, Screenplay. S. Lee Pogostin. Screenplay.
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. 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.
