The Breaking Point (1950)
- Directed by
- Michael Curtiz
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 92 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A struggling boat captain is pressured by a lawyer to take his yacht on a risky smuggling run. He gets entangled with criminals and puts himself and his family in danger.
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What happens
The Breaking Point is a 1950 American film noir crime drama directed by Michael Curtiz and the second film adaptation of the 1937 Ernest Hemingway novel To Have and Have Not, the first one having featured Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. The film stars Patricia Neal and John Garfield in his penultimate film role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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