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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?

Date: 12/15/1965

Rating: 7.1

Cast: Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Steven Hill, Ed Asner, Indus Arthur, Paul Newlan, Dabney Coleman, H.M. Wynant, Robert F. Hoy, Greg Jarvis, Jason Wingreen, Marjorie Nelson, Steven Marlo, Thomas Hill, Lane Bradford, Janet Dudley, John Napier, Stephen Pellegrini, Jerome R. Brand, Kay Doubleday, Jo Helton, Richard Doorish, Charlotte Stewart, Viola Harris, George Savalas, O.L. Haavik, Nicholas Prebezac, Drew Eskenazi, Erin Almond, Pam Bagby, William R. Rhodes, Charles C. Andrews, Melody Greer, Sons of Adam, Walter Maslow, Allen Emerson, Lou Clark, David Harris, Phillip Browne, Archie Smith, Joseph R. Denini, Fay Baker, Susan Bartel, John Benson, Regina Carrol, Karen Norris

Sidney Poitier