The Slender Thread
When a woman's emotions sway away on a slender thread, expect anything…
19651h 38mNo ratings yet
- 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. 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?
Keywords
- race against time
- father son relationship
- psychologist
- suicide attempt
- marriage
- seattle
- washington
- fisherman
- son
- telephone
- overdose
- workplace
- african american
- police search
- discotheque
- husband wife conflict
- crisis line
- help line
- parentage
- will to live
- seattle, washington
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 15, 1965
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Cast
- Sidney Poitier,Anne Bancroft,Telly Savalas,Steven Hill,Ed Asner,Indus Arthur,Paul Newlan,Dabney Coleman,H.M. Wynant,Robert F. Hoyand 37 more
- Director
- Sydney Pollack
- Producer
- Stephen Alexander
- Cinematography
- Loyal Griggs
- Music
- Quincy Jones
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0059729