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The slender thread
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The work The slender thread represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource The slender thread
Label
The slender thread
Statement of responsibility
a Paramount Picture ; produced by Stephen Alexander ; directed by Sydney Pollack ; written by Stirling Silliphant
Contributor
  • Olive Films
  • Paramount Films (Firm)
  • Alexander, Stephen
  • Arthur, Indus, 1941-1984
  • Asner, Edward
  • Bancroft, Anne, 1931-2005
  • Coleman, Dabney, 1932-
  • Hill, Steven, 1922-2016
  • Newlan, Paul
  • Poitier, Sidney
  • Pollack, Sydney, 1934-2008
  • Savalas, Telly, 1924-1994
  • Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996
Subject
  • Crisis intervention (Mental health services) -- Drama
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films
  • Seattle (Wash.) -- Drama
  • Suicide -- Prevention -- Drama
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Genre
  • Drama
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Language
eng
Summary
A woman, played by Anne Bancroft, who takes an overdose of prescription pills and calls a crisis clinic for help. Sidney Poitier, plays a college volunteer who tries to keep the suicidal woman on the line while asking the police to trace the call. Stirling Silliphant wrote the screenplay based upon an actual incident reported in Time Magazine
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Cinematography, Loyal Griggs
Dewey number
791.43.72
Intended audience
Rating: Not rated
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.S54 2012
PerformerNote
Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Steven Hill,
Runtime
98
Technique
live action

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