Een medewerker van een crisis-telefooninstelling (Sidney Poitier) krijgt een telefoontje van een vrouw (Anne Bancroft) die er aan denkt zelfmoord te plegen. De medewerker probeert haar adres te achterhalen voordat het te laat is.
Nee, helaas is The Slender Thread nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Stirling Silliphant | Writer |
| Directing | Sydney Pollack | Director |
| Directing | Donald Roberts | Assistant Director |
| Directing | William R. Poole | Assistant Director |
| Crew | David Rayfiel | Additional Writing |
| Art | Jack Poplin | Production Design |
| Art | Hal Pereira | Production Design |
| Sound | Quincy Jones | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Stephen Alexander | Producer |
| Camera | Loyal Griggs | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Thomas Stanford | Editor |
| Sound | John R. Carter | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Robert R. Benton | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Art | Joseph Kish | Set Decoration |
| Production | William Davidson | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nellie Manley | Hair Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Camera | Nelson Tyler | Aerial Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Farciot Edouart | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Charles Grenzbach | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Frank London | Dialogue Coach |
| Writing | Shana Alexander | Short Story |
| Sound | James A. Corbett | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Jack Hayes | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Quincy Jones | Conductor |
| Sound | Dave Grusin | Musician |
| Sound | Carol Kaye | Musician |
| Sound | Leo Shuken | Orchestrator |
