Movie

Pressure Point

“The boiling point of two men who mutinied against the world and each other!”

★ 6.5(41)19621h 29m

Pressure Point is streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in Canada. Availability checked 14 June 2026.

Where to watch Pressure Point

🇨🇦 Canada

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Good to know

Director: Hubert Cornfield
Release date: 1962-10-10
Runtime: 1h 29m
Language: English
Status: Released
Country: United States of America
Studio: Stanley Kramer Productions

Pressure Point — trailer

About Pressure Point

Pressure Point is a 1962 movie in the Drama genre, directed by Hubert Cornfield, starring Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin and Peter Falk. It has a runtime of 1 hour 29 minutes. It holds an average rating of 6.5/10 from 41 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Pressure Point in Canada — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate with bigoted Nazi tendencies.

Cast

Sidney Poitier

Doctor

Bobby Darin

Patient

Peter Falk

Young Psychiatrist

Carl Benton Reid

Chief Medical Officer

Mary Munday

Bar Hostess

Howard Caine

Tavern Owner

Gilbert Green

Jewish Father

Barry Gordon

Patient (as a boy)

Richard Bakalyan

Jimmy

Lynn Loring

Jewish Girl

Anne Barton

Mother

James Anderson

Father

Themes & keywords

prisonnightmarefascisminsomniaflashbackantisemitismracismpsychiatristtold in flashbacknazi collaborationism1940sblack doctorpsychiatric treatmentseditionamerican-nazi