PRESSURE POINT

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• Release Year: 1962
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Oscar winner Sidney Poitier sizzles in an “electrifying role” ('Show Business Illustrated') as a prison psychiatrist who clashes with a racist inmate (Bobby Darin) in this “explosive and provocative” ('Citizen News') drama that “packs a powerful wallop” ('LA Herald Examiner')!; ; A prison doctor is charged with treating a hate-filled young man who’s been jailed for sedition. As he probes the patient’s nightmares, the psychiatrist realizes his twisted visions mask a lust for violence. But the inmate has become a model prisoner, and unless the doctor can convince officials that he’s dangerous, he’ll soon be back on the street.
• Cast: Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin, Peter Falk, Carl Benton Reid, Mary Munday, Barry Gordon, Howard Caine, Gilbert Green, Anne Barton, James Anderson, Richard Bakalyan, Lynn Loring, Yvette Vickers, Leonard Geiger, Clegg Hoyt, Ethan Laidlaw, Tiger Joe Marsh, Frank Maxwell, George Murdock, William H. O'Brien, Butch Patrick, Gil Perkins, Harry Wilson
• Runtime: 1:29
• Company: MGM/UA, Larcas Productions
• Media Format: Movie