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The Slender Thread

Year:

1966

Duration:

98 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.1

Director:

Sydney Pollack

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1966-03-28

Filming Locations: Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Indus Arthur

Sidney Poitier

Alan Newell

Anne Bancroft

Inga Dyson

Telly Savalas

Dr. Joe Coburn

Steven Hill

Mark Dyson

Edward Asner

Det. Judd Ridley

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

Chris Dyson

Jason Wingreen

Medical Technician

Marjorie Nelson

Mrs. Thomas

Steven Marlo

Arthur Foss

Thomas Hill

Liquor Salesman

Lane Bradford

Al McCardle

Janet Dudley

Edna

John Napier

Dr. Alden Van

Stephen Pellegrini

Police Cadet Pellegrini

Jerome R. Brand

Police Cadet

Kay Doubleday

Jinny

Jo Helton

Registration Nurse

Richard Doorish

Pete

Charlotte Stewart

Telephone Operator

Viola Harris

Telephone Supervisor

George Savalas

Pool Player

O.L. Haavik

Pastor (as Dr. O.L. Haavik)

Nicholas Prebezac

Child at Beach

Drew Eskenazi

Child at Beach

Erin Almond

Child at Beach

Pam Bagby

Child at Beach

William R. Rhodes

Police Station Dispatcher

Charles C. Andrews

Motel Manager

Melody Greer

Zipper Girl

Sons of Adam

Discotheque Band

Walter Maslow

1st TV Newsman (as Walter Mazlow)

Allen Emerson

2nd TV Newsman

Lou Clark

Nightwatchman

David Harris

Nightwatchman

Phillip Browne

Office Boy

Archie Smith

Janitor

Joseph R. Denini

Fire Station Dispatcher

Fay Baker

Telephone supervisor (uncredited)

Susan Bartel

Woman in Elevator / Typist (uncredited)

John Benson

Patrolman Bert Enyard (uncredited)

Regina Carrol

(uncredited)

Karen Norris

Mrs. Hillman, Inga's Nurse (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Although top-billed, Sidney Poitier and Anne Bancroft don't appear on screen together in a single scene. Bancroft later repeated this odd accomplishment when she and Anthony Hopkins co-starred, but played no scenes together, in 84 Charing Cross Road.

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Originally titled "Cross My Heart And Hope To Die" and slated to star Elizabeth Ashley (who was forced to drop out over contract dispute)

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During the opening sequence of the film, there's a view of a man piloting a boat, and the boat's name is "Silliphant," which is a reference to the writer of the film, Stirling Silliphant.

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Goofs

During the opening titles, in the opening scene where the camera zooms from an aerial shot onto Anne Bancroft, The fountain in the film is played backwards. The water flows up from the bottom of the fountain up to the top and back down into where the water spout appears from. After the aerial shot scene change, the water then runs in the correct direction.

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After Inga attempts suicide by drowning herself in the bay, she arrives at hospital with perfectly styled hair.

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At the end, when the crisis team is listening to the phone monitor, the sound of the rescuers on the other end can be heard knocking, then pounding and breaking in the door. The entering policeman is on the phone before the sound of the single door smash is finished; sounding as if he had entered the room and (rather than checking on Bancroft) found the phone, picked it up and spoke, even before he broke in.

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Quotes

Mark Dyson: [to Inga] Do you think that getting caught in a lie is the same as telling the truth?

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