The Slender Thread

College volunteer Alan Newell is working alone at the crisis center one evening when he receives a telephone call from suicidal caller Inga Dyson, who has swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills. Can Alan save her?

The Slender Thread is a 1965 drama movie directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Anne Bancroft, Sidney Poitier, Telly Savalas. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.0/10 from 2,694 votes and runs 1h 38m.