| The Slender Thread | |
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| Directed by | Sydney Pollack |
| Produced by | Stephen Alexander |
| Written by | Shana Alexander David Rayfiel Stirling Silliphant |
| Starring | Sidney Poitier Anne Bancroft |
| Cinematography | Loyal Griggs |
| Editing by | Thomas Stanford |
| Release date(s) | 23 December, 1965 |
| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
The Slender Thread is a 1965 film starring Anne Bancroft and Sidney Poitier. It was the first feature length film directed by Academy Award-winning director, producer & actor Sydney Pollack.
Poitier's character is Alan, a Seattle college student who is volunteering at a crisis call center. Shortly after beginning his night shift, Alan receives a call from a woman named Inga (Bancroft's character) who says she has just taken a lethal dose of pills and wants to talk to someone before she dies. The story line follows the efforts of Alan, a psychiatrist (played by Telly Savalas) and a detective (played by Ed Asner) to locate the woman and her husband (played by Steven Hill of Law & Order fame).
The film was inspired by a Life Magazine article by Shana Alexander about actual events and partially shot on location in Seattle, Washington.
This movie is noted for the physical tracing of the call to find Inga (Bancroft) before she dies. Throughout the movie, the call is traced by hand through several electro-mechanical telephone central office switches which leads to the hotel where Inga was staying (Red Lion) near the Seattle-Tacoma Airport.
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The film was nominated for two Oscars: [1]
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  | The Slender Thread at The Internet Movie Database - The Slender Thread (1965) |
| | 1965 New York Times Review by A.H. WEILER - The New York Times > Log In |
| | NY Times: The Slender Thread - The Slender Thread - Awards - NYTimes.com |
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