Movie
The Slender Thread
Overview
Alan is a Seattle college student volunteering at a crisis center. One night when at the clinic alone, a woman calls up the number and tells Alan that she needs to talk to someone. She informs Alan she took a load of pills, and he secretly tries to get help. During this time, he learns more about the woman, her family life, and why she wants to die. Can Alan get the cavalry to save her in time before it's too late?
Details
- Release date
- 1965-12-15
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, Athene Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Sidney Poitier as Alan Newell
- Anne Bancroft as Inga Dyson
- Telly Savalas as Dr. Joe Coburn
- Steven Hill as Mark Dyson
- Ed Asner as Det. Judd Ridley
- Indus Arthur as Marian
- Paul Newlan as Sgt. Harry Ward
- Dabney Coleman as Charlie
- H.M. Wynant as Doctor Morris
- Robert F. Hoy as Patrolman Steve Peters
- Greg Jarvis as Chris Dyson
- Jason Wingreen as Medical Technician
Crew
- Sydney Pollack - Director
- Stirling Silliphant - Writer
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