The Slender Thread

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The Slender Thread is a 1965 psychological drama film directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Sidney Poitier as a crisis hotline volunteer trying to save a suicidal woman played by Anne Bancroft.

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The Slender Thread (screenplay) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
basedOn Life magazine article by Shana Alexander
character Alan Newell NERFINISHED
Inga Dyson NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Loyal Griggs NERFINISHED
colorProcess black and white
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Sydney Pollack NERFINISHED
discussesTheme crisis intervention
hotline counseling
suicide
distributor Paramount Pictures
distributorRegion theatrical release in the United States
editedBy Fredric Steinkamp NERFINISHED
era 1960s American cinema
filmFormat black-and-white film
filmingLocation Paramount Studios, Hollywood NERFINISHED
Seattle, Washington NERFINISHED
genre drama film
psychological film
hasCastMember Ann Sothern NERFINISHED
Dabney Coleman NERFINISHED
Edward Asner NERFINISHED
Indus Arthur NERFINISHED
Philip Abbott NERFINISHED
Steven Hill NERFINISHED
Telly Savalas NERFINISHED
hasSubject guilt and redemption
marital problems
mental health crisis
medium feature film
musicBy Quincy Jones NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus real-time telephone conversation between volunteer and suicidal caller
notableFor early feature directorial effort by Sydney Pollack
early film score by Quincy Jones
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A crisis hotline volunteer tries to save a suicidal woman during a long night-time phone call.
portrays Anne Bancroft as Inga Dyson
Sidney Poitier as Alan Newell NERFINISHED
productionCompany Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED
releaseDateUS 1965-10-14
releaseYear 1965
runtimeMinutes 98
screenwriter Stirling Silliphant NERFINISHED
settingLocation Seattle, Washington NERFINISHED
starring Anne Bancroft NERFINISHED
Sidney Poitier NERFINISHED
title The Slender Thread NERFINISHED

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Stirling Silliphant notableWork The Slender Thread
Stirling Silliphant wroteScreenplayFor The Slender Thread
Stuart Whitman notableWork The Slender Thread
David Rayfiel notableWork The Slender Thread
David Rayfiel notableWork The Slender Thread
this entity surface form: The Slender Thread (screenplay)
Fredric Steinkamp edited The Slender Thread