The Slender Thread (1965)
When a woman's emotions sway away on a slender thread, expect anything…
98 min
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?
- Release date
- December 8, 1965
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Sidney Poitier as Alan Newell
- Anne Bancroft as Inga Dyson
- Telly Savalas as Dr. Joe Coburn
- Steven Hill as Mark Dyson
- Edward 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
- Bob Hoy as Patrolman Steve Peters
Crew
- Sydney Pollack · Director
- Shana Alexander · Writer
- Stirling Silliphant · Writer
- Stephen Alexander · Producer
- Quincy Jones · Composer
- Loyal Griggs · Cinematographer
- Thomas Stanford · Editor