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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. Shortly ...
The Slender Thread: Directed by Sydney Pollack. With Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Steven Hill. College volunteer Alan Newell is working alone at the crisis center one evening when he receives a telephone call from suicidal caller Inga Dyson, who has swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills.
A crisis line volunteer tries to save a woman from suicide.
Oscar. winners Sidney Poitier and Anne Bancroft headline a dramatic tour de force in director Sydney Polla ...more. The link between life and death is The Slender Thread A man dedicated to...
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.
The Slender Thread is a tense and emotionally-charged thriller from 1965, starring some of Hollywood's most talented actors of the era, including Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, and Telly Savalas.
The Slender Thread is a 1965 film starring Anne Bancroft and Sidney Poitier. It was the first feature-length film directed by Academy Award-winning director, producer and actor Sydney Pollack. Poitier portrays Alan, a college student who is volunteering at Seattle's then-new Crisis Clinic, a crisis call center.
