Pressure Point (1962)

10/10/1962 (US) • 1h 29m

Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

Peter Falk

Young Psychiatrist

Carl Benton Reid

Chief Medical Officer

Mary Munday

Bar Hostess

Howard Caine

Tavern Owner

Gilbert Green

Jewish Father

Barry Gordon

Patient (as a boy)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

prison

nightmare

fascism

insomnia

flashback

antisemitism

racism

psychiatrist

told in flashback

nazi collaborationism

1940s

black doctor

psychiatric treatment

sedition

american-nazi

anti-blackness

black american

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