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OLIVE BLU: Pressure Point Debuts on Blu in February

Olive Films has announced a February 16th release date for the Blu-Ray debut of the 1962 psychological drama Pressure Point starring Sidney Poitier, Peter Falk and Bobby Darin.

The film originally premiered on DVD through MGM a decade ago.

Bonus features to the Blu-Ray aren't anticipated.

Pressure Point unfolds when a young psychiatrist (Peter Falk), exasperated by his failed attempts to help a black patient who hates whites asks to be reassigned. In a story told in flashback, his seasoned superior (Sidney Poitier) recounts his own experience during the war when he treated a Nazi youth (Bobby Darin) who hated blacks.

A dark tale told through stark black & white imagery courtesy of Academy Award-winning cinematographer Ernest Haller, Pressure Point features fine tuned performances under the assured direction of Hubert Cornfield from a screenplay co-written by Cornfield and S. Lee Pogostin based on a story by Robert M. Lindner.