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The Slender Thread

7.1 98 mins Drama   1965
Paramount Pictures   Athene Productions  
Director(s): Sydney Pollack

Release Date: 15 Wed, Dec 1965

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?

Casts of The Slender Thread

Sidney Poitier

as Alan Newell

Anne Bancroft

as Inga Dyson

Telly Savalas

as Dr. Joe Coburn

Steven Hill

as Mark Dyson

Ed 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

Robert F. Hoy

as Patrolman Steve Peters

Greg Jarvis

as Chris Dyson

Jason Wingreen

as Medical Technician

Marjorie Nelson

as Mrs. Thomas

Steven Marlo

as Arthur Foss

Thomas Hill

as Liquor Salesman

Lane Bradford

as Al McCardle

Janet Dudley

as Edna

John Napier

as Dr. Alden Van

Stephen Pellegrini

as Police Cadet

Jerome R. Brand

as Police Cadet

Kay Doubleday

as Jinny

Jo Helton

as Registration Nurse

Richard Doorish

as Pete

Charlotte Stewart

as Telephone Operator

Viola Harris

as Telephone Supervisor

George Savalas

as Pool Player

O.L. Haavik

as Pastor (as Dr. O.L. Haavik)

Nicholas Prebezac

as Child at Beach

Drew Eskenazi

as Child at Beach

Erin Almond

as Child at Beach

Pam Bagby

as Child at Beach

William R. Rhodes

as Police Station Dispatcher

Charles C. Andrews

as Motel Manager

Melody Greer

as Zipper Girl

Sons of Adam

as Discotheque Band

Walter Maslow

as 1st TV Newsman (as Walter Mazlow)

Allen Emerson

as 2nd TV Newsman

Lou Clark

as Nightwatchman

David Harris

as Nightwatchman

Phillip Browne

as Office Boy

Archie Smith

as Janitor

Joseph R. Denini

as Fire Station Dispatcher

Fay Baker

as Telephone Supervisor (uncredited)

Susan Bartel

as Typist (uncredited)

John Benson

as Patrolman Bert Enyard (uncredited)

Regina Carrol

as minor role (uncredited)

Karen Norris

as Mrs. Hillman, Inga's Nurse (uncredited)

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