
The Slender Thread (1965)
7.1|15 Dec, 1965|98 min
When a woman's emotions sway away on a slender thread, expect anything…
7.1|15 Dec, 1965|98 min
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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
suicide attempt
seattle, washington
overdose
telephone
crisis line
help line
Casts

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)

Regina Carrol

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

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

Quincy Jones
Original Music Composer
Stephen Alexander
Producer
John R. Carter
Sound Recordist
Robert R. Benton
Set Decoration
Joseph Kish
Set Decoration

Edith Head
Costume Design
Nellie Manley
Hairstylist

Wally Westmore
Makeup Department Head
William Davidson
Unit Production Manager
Backdrops & Posters

