Drama · United States of America · 1962 · 1h 29m

Pressure Point

Pressure Point poster
Director
Hubert Cornfield
Cast
Sidney Poitier as Doctor Bobby Darin as Patient Peter Falk as Young Psychiatrist Carl Benton Reid as Chief Medical Officer Mary Munday as Bar Hostess Howard Caine as Tavern Owner
Crew
Ernest Haller — Director of Photography Hubert Cornfield — Editor Frederic Knudtson — Editor Ernest Gold — Original Music Composer S. Lee Pogostin — Screenplay Hubert Cornfield — Screenplay
Tagline

The boiling point of two men who mutinied against the world and each other!

Synopsis

An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate with bigoted Nazi tendencies.

Trailer Pressure Point — Official Trailer
Official Trailer youtube.com
Mood & Themes
prisonnightmarefascisminsomniaflashbackantisemitismracismpsychiatristtold in flashbacknazi collaborationism1940sblack doctor
Key Collaborators
Hubert Cornfield Director Ernest Haller Director of Photography Hubert Cornfield Editor Frederic Knudtson Editor Ernest Gold Original Music Composer S. Lee Pogostin Screenplay Hubert Cornfield Screenplay Stanley Kramer Producer Rudolph Sternad Production Design
Follow the Thread

Hubert Cornfield directed Pressure Point. Explore their complete filmography and the collaborators who shaped their vision.

Hubert Cornfield's filmography → More Drama → Ernest Haller's cinematography →
Agent-readable