Pressure Point (Point Blank) (1963)

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Directed by

Stanley Kramer

Hubert Cornfield

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Sidney Poitier
Doctor

Bobby Darin
Patient

Peter Falk
Young Psychiatrist

Carl Benton Reid
Chief Medical Officer

Mary Munday
Bar Hostess

Howard Caine
Tavern Owner

Gilbert Green
Jewish Father

Barry Gordon
Boy Patient

Written by

Hubert Cornfield
(screenplay)

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Little-Known but Worth Your Time

10 years, 10 months ago at Jun 20 3:40

moviebuff15

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"Pressure Point" is a underrated mind-game thriller and precursor to "The Silence of the Lambs," whose Nazi antagonist brings back memories of "American History X"'s Derek Vinyard. Intelligent, well-read, but full of hate, "Pressure Point"'s unnamed 'patient' was particularly dangerous because of his keen insights into the hearts of others and his acute articulation of his racist beliefs.
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Pressure Point

4 years ago at Apr 22 2:20

JxSxPx

1 vote

Stanley Kramer, Hollywood’s original good liberal, may not have directed (most of) this film, but his fingerprints are all over it. From the histrionic treatment of socially important material to the presence of movie stars in subbing in for ideological arguments, Pressure Point has all the hallmarks of his cinema. It asks that we try and understand, if not empathize, with a young white male who... read more

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A young psychiatrist (Peter Falk), exasperated by his failed attempts to help a black patient who hates whites, asks to be reassigned. In a story told in flashback, his seasoned superior (Sidney Poitier) recounts his own experience during the war when he treated a Nazi youth (Bobby Darin) who hated blacks. A dark tale told through stark black-and-white imagery (courtesy of Academy Award–winning cinematographer Ernest Haller), PRESSURE POINT features fine-tuned performances under the assured direction of Hubert Cornfield.

Release date: 11 July 1963
UPC: 027616901491

Tags: Drama (2), Prejudice (1), Raw Meat (1), Reference To Adolf Hitler (1), United Artists (1), Fainting (1), Imaginary Friend (1), Black Man (1), Parole (1), Nazism (1), Told In Flashback (1), Fantasy Sequence (1), Swastika (1), 1962 (1), Flashback (1), Child Abuse (1), Manipulation (1), Psychiatrist (1), Dream Sequence (1), Racism (1)

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Pressure Point

“Stanley Kramer, Hollywood’s original good liberal, may not have directed (most of) this film, but his fingerprints are all over it. From the histrionic treatment of socially important material to the presence of movie stars in subbing in for ideological arguments, Pressure Point has all the hallmarks of his cinema. It asks that we try and understand, if not empathize, with a young white male who slowly gets radicalized by Nazi ideology. No thanks, I’m good. Sidney Poitier gets the thankless role of the saintly therapist; Peter Falk gets an even worse role as a struggling upstart who gets told this story by Poitier’s veteran as a form of lesson teaching and bridge-building. It is Bobby Darin as the wild youth that really energizes the movie. His movie career was brief but what a dynam” read more