The Slender Thread

When a woman's emotions sway away on a slender thread, expect anything…

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Alan 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?

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Creators

Sydney Pollack

director

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Stirling Silliphant

writer

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Shana Alexander

writer

Cast

Sidney Poitier actor Anne Bancroft actor Telly Savalas actor Steven Hill actor Ed Asner actor

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Indus Arthur actor Paul Newlan actor Dabney Coleman actor

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H. M. Wynant actor Robert F. Hoy actor

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Greg Jarvis actor

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Jason Wingreen actor

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Marjorie Nelson actor

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Steven Marlo actor Thomas Hill actor

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Lane Bradford actor

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Janet Dudley actor John Napier actor

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Stephen Pellegrini actor

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Jerome R. Brand actor