The Slender Thread (1965)
3.6 of 5 from 47 ratings
1h 38min
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- Synopsis:
- As a volunteer at a crisis center, Alan Newell (Sidney Poitier) is working the late shift when he hears from a desperate woman named Inga Dyson (Anne Bancroft) who has attempted to overdose on sleeping pills. As Alan tries to keep Inga on the line, Detective Judd Ridley (Edward Asner) and Dr. Joe Coburn (Telly Savalas) a psychiatrist, both become involved in the increasingly tense situation. While they try to determine Inge's location in order to save her, time is quickly running out.
- Actors:
- Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Steven Hill, Edward Asner, Indus Arthur, Paul Newlan, Dabney Coleman, H.M. Wynant, Robert F. Hoy, Greg Jarvis, Jason Wingreen, Marjorie Nelson, Steven Marlo, Thomas Hill, Lane Bradford, Janet Dudley, John Napier, Stephen Pellegrini, Jerome R. Brand
- Directors:
- Sydney Pollack
- Writers:
- Shana Alexander, Stirling Silliphant
- Others:
- Robert Benton, Edith Head, Hal Pereira, Joseph Kish, Jack Poplin
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- Getting to Know: Sidney Poitier
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