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The Slender Thread: Directed by Sydney Pollack. With Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Steven Hill. College volunteer Alan is working alone at the crisis center one evening when he receives a telephone call from suicidal caller Inga Dyson.
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- Drama
- Sydney Pollack
- 1965-12-16
The Slender Thread is a 1965 American drama film starring Anne Bancroft and Sidney Poitier. It was the first feature-length film directed by future Oscar -winning director, producer and actor Sydney Pollack . Poitier portrays Alan, a college student who is volunteering at Seattle 's then-new Crisis Clinic, a suicide prevention hotline.
Notable as the feature film debut of actor-turned-director Sydney Pollack, The Slender Thread (1965) is an accomplished first film for Pollack who would go on to garner three Oscar® nominations for Best Director in the ensuing years with They Shoot Horses, Don't They? in 1969, Tootsie in 1983, and Out of Africa in 1986 which won him the ...
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- Sydney Pollack
- 7
- Regina Carrol
- 98 min
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...
- (7)
- Sidney Poitier
- Sydney Pollack
- Drama
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.
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SLENDER THREAD. A college volunteer at the crisis phone gets a call from a suicide caller. 275 IMDb 7.0 1 h 38 min 1965. X-Ray 7+. Drama · Downbeat · Emotional. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.99. Buy. HD $9.99. More purchase. options. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Details.
