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7.1Alan 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?
Cast
- 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
Themes
- race against time
- suicide attempt
- son
- seattle, washington
- overdose
- marriage
- fisherman
- telephone
- workplace
- crisis line
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Suicide
- Director
- Sydney Pollack
- Screenwriter
- Stirling Silliphant
- Cast member
- Thomas Hill
- Composer
- Quincy Jones
- Cinematographer
- Loyal Griggs
- Narrative location
- Seattle
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 393460
- Performer
- Quincy Jones
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1965-12-08
- title
- The Slender Thread
- color
- black-and-white
- film editor
- Thomas Stanford
- distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- costume designer
- Edith Head
- review score
- 71%
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Stimme am Telefon (Originaltitel: The Slender Thread) ist ein US-amerikanisches Filmdrama aus dem Jahr 1965. Das Drehbuch basiert auf der Kurzgeschichte Decision to Die der Journalistin Shana Alexander, die am 29. Mai 1964 im US-Magazin Life erschien und eine wahre Begebenheit schilderte.
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