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28 March 1966 (Sweden) morePlot:
A college volunteer at the crisis phone gets a call from a suicide caller. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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Sydney Pollack Dies at 73 (From IMDb News. 27 May 2008, 4:12 AM, PDT)
Director Sydney Pollack dies at 73
(From digitalspy. 27 May 2008, 1:39 AM, PDT)
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Excellent drama, with two great stars moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sidney Poitier | ... | Alan Newell | |
| Anne Bancroft | ... | Inga Dyson | |
| Telly Savalas | ... | Dr. Joe Coburn | |
| Steven Hill | ... | Mark Dyson | |
| Edward Asner | ... | Det. Judd Ridley | |
| Indus Arthur | ... | Marian | |
| Paul Newlan | ... | Sgt. Harry Ward | |
| Dabney Coleman | ... | Charlie | |
| H.M. Wynant | ... | Doctor Morris (as H. N. Wynant) | |
| Robert F. Hoy | ... | Patrolman Steve Peters (as Robert Hoy) | |
| Greg Jarvis | ... | Christopher 'Chris' Dyson | |
| Jason Wingreen | ... | Medical technician | |
| Marjorie Nelson | ... | Mrs. Thomas | |
| Steven Marlo | ... | Arthur Foss | |
| Thomas Hill | ... | Liquor salesman |
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Factual errors: After Inga attempts suicide by drowning herself in the bay, she arrives at hospital with perfectly styled hair. moreFAQ
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Sidney Poitier and Anne Bancroft do not have any scenes together in this movie, which is about his attempts to keep her on the telephone long enough to trace the call, since she's just taken an overdose of pills. It may sound stagnant but it never is - there is some great cinematography and location shooting (in Seattle). A lot of the story is flashbacks, as you find out why Anne has tried to off herself. Her performance is poignant and she never overdoes it; Sidney is perfect, as always.
Tech credits are first rate - scoring by Quincy Jones, costumes by Edith Head, and a Westmore on make-up. I believe this was the first directing job by Sydney Pollack - he did a nice job.
Its okay that the stars never met, they met in real life - Bancroft presented Sidney with his only Oscar, for "Lilies of the Field" two years earlier. And this would make a good double-bill with "'night, Mother", in which Bancroft is on the other end of a suicide attempt.