Pressure Point

Pressure Point

6.5IMDb Score
Released:1962-10-10
Genre:Drama
Duration:89 min
Director:Hubert Cornfield
Actors:Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin, Peter Falk, Carl Benton Reid, Mary Munday
Production:Stanley Kramer Productions

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.

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