The Slender Thread

The Slender Thread

1h 38m | Drama | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

A crisis line volunteer tries to save a woman from suicide.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Sydney Pollack

CAST

Sidney Poitier

Anne Bancroft

Telly Savalas

PRODUCERS

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WRITERS

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Related Videos

Slender Thread, The -- (Movie Clip) Mr. Newell
Clip
Crisis center volunteer Alan Newell (Sidney Poitier) takes a call from the unseen Mrs. Dyson (Anne Bancroft) in this early scene from The Slender Thread, 1965.
Slender Thread, The -- (Movie Clip) Somebody To Talk To
Clip
In flashback, Mrs. Inga Dyson (Anne Bancroft) recalls one of the incidents leading up to her suicide attempt in The Slender Thread, 1965.
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Slender Thread, The - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
Sidney Poitier mans the suicide hotline in Sydney Pollack's first movie The Slender Thread (1965).

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