The Slender Thread (1965)
December 15, 1965Release Date
The Slender Thread (1965)
December 15, 1965Release Date


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Cast & Crew.

Sidney Poitier
Alan Newell

Anne Bancroft
Inga Dyson

Telly Savalas
Dr. Joe Coburn

Steven Hill
Mark Dyson

Ed Asner
Det. Judd Ridley

Indus Arthur
Marian

Paul Newlan
Sgt. Harry Ward

Dabney Coleman
Charlie

H.M. Wynant
Doctor Morris

Robert F. Hoy
Patrolman Steve Peters

Greg Jarvis
Chris Dyson

Jason Wingreen
Medical Technician

Marjorie Nelson
Mrs. Thomas

Steven Marlo
Arthur Foss

Thomas Hill
Liquor Salesman

Lane Bradford
Al McCardle

Janet Dudley
Edna

John Napier
Dr. Alden Van

Stephen Pellegrini
Police Cadet

Jerome R. Brand
Police Cadet

Kay Doubleday
Jinny

Jo Helton
Registration Nurse

Richard Doorish
Pete

Charlotte Stewart
Telephone Operator

Viola Harris
Telephone Supervisor

George Savalas
Pool Player

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

Nicholas Prebezac
Child at Beach

Drew Eskenazi
Child at Beach

Erin Almond
Child at Beach

Pam Bagby
Child at Beach

William R. Rhodes
Police Station Dispatcher

Charles C. Andrews
Motel Manager

Melody Greer
Zipper Girl

Sons of Adam
Discotheque Band

Walter Maslow
1st TV Newsman (as Walter Mazlow)

Allen Emerson
2nd TV Newsman

Lou Clark
Nightwatchman

David Harris
Nightwatchman

Phillip Browne
Office Boy

Archie Smith
Janitor

Joseph R. Denini
Fire Station Dispatcher

Fay Baker
Telephone Supervisor

Susan Bartel
Woman in Elevator / Typist (uncredited)

John Benson
Patrolman Bert Enyard (uncredited)

Karen Norris
Mrs. Hillman, Inga's Nurse (uncredited)

Sydney Pollack
Director

Stirling Silliphant
Writer

William R. Poole
Assistant Director

Donald Roberts
Assistant Director

Shana Alexander
Story

David Rayfiel
Additional Writing

Jack Poplin
Production Design

Hal Pereira
Production Design

Loyal Griggs
Director of Photography

Thomas Stanford
Editor
Media.



Details.
This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
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 after beginning his solo duty on the night shift, Alan receives a call from a woman named Inga (Bancroft) who says she has just taken a lethal dose of pills and wants to talk to someone before she dies. The story line follows the efforts of Alan, a psychiatrist (Telly Savalas) and a detective (Ed Asner) to locate Inga and her husband Mark (Steven Hill), who is on a local fishing vessel. Various flashback scenes depict the events that led Inga to make the attempt on her life.
The film was inspired by a Life magazine article by Shana Alexander about actual events. The film is set in Seattle, and includes scenes shot on location, as well as an opening tracking aerial shot of Seattle circa 1965.
This movie is noted for the physical tracing of the call to find Inga (Bancroft) before she dies. Throughout the movie, the call is traced by hand through several electro-mechanical telephone central office switches which leads to the hotel where Inga was staying (at the Hyatt House, since demolished) near the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.
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