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The Slender Thread

1965, Movie, NR, 98 mins

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Sydney Pollack's directorial debut is a taut, carefully constructed drama that's based on a real-life incident. Sidney Poitier stars as a volunteer at a medical clinic who receives a call from a distraught woman (Anne Bancroft); she's just swallowed an overdose of sleeping pills but won't reveal her location. As Poitier struggles to keep her on the phone, a series of flashbacks reveal the woman's poignant story. Read the complete review for The Slender Thread
Year: 1965
Rated NR

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Cast
Sidney Poitier: Alan Newell
Anne Bancroft: Inga Dyson
Telly Savalas: Dr. Coburn
Steven Hill: Mark Dyson
Indus Arthur: Marion
Greg Jarvis: Chris Dyson

 

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Sidney Poitier mans the suicide hotline in Sydney Pollack's first movie The Slender Thread...
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