Pressure Point (1962)

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Release Date: Dec 2, 1962 Wide

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Unable to get through to a particularly hostile patient, psychiatrist Peter Falk goes to gray-haired senior shrink Sidney Poitier for advice. This prompts Poitier to recall his experiences during World War II. While working on behalf of the government, Poitier was assigned the case of psycho Nazi sympathizer Bobby Darin. A complex flashback structure reveals the various influences that led to Darin's warped state of mind and to his life of crime. Poitier perceives that Darin is potentially

Unrated, 1 hr. 27 min.

Drama, Classics

Directed By: Hubert Cornfield

In Theaters: Dec 2, 1962 Wide

On DVD: Jan 20, 2004

Cast

Sidney Poitier
Doctor
Bobby Darin
Patient
Peter Falk
Young psychiatrist
Carl Benton Reid
Chief medical officer
Mary Munday
Bar hostess
Barry J. Gordon
Patient as a Boy
Howard Caine
Tavern owner
Anne Barton
Mother
Yvette Vickers
Drunken woman
Clegg Hoyt
Pete
Richard Bakalyan
Jimmy
Butch Patrick
Playmate
James Anderson
Father
Leonard Geiger
Gilbert Green
Lynn Loring

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This was Bobby Darin's fourth film and perhaps the best in his brief career.

November 7, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Mostly dull except when the volatile Darin was on the screen and created real tension.

September 25, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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A 'stylized' presentation of racism that says a little more about the enormous talents of Sidney Poitier than it does about the ignorance of inequality and bigotry. *NOTE: Bobby Darin shines in a very unsympathetic role.

February 7, 2009

Randy Tippy

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Not a bad film but a little too melodramatic. What makes this film interesting is how disturbing and dark the flashbacks are. Poitier is good as always but a suprise performance from Bobby Darin.

September 8, 2008