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Breaking Point (1989)

Breaking Point poster
Directed by
Peter Markle
Genre
thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A US Army officer is captured by German forces who try to trick him into revealing D-Day invasion plans. He struggles to hold onto what is real as the enemy uses psychological tactics against him.

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What happens

Breaking Point is a 1989 American war thriller television film directed by Peter Markle and written by Stanley Greenberg. It is a remake of the 1964 film 36 Hours, which in turn was based on the 1944 short story "Beware of the Dog" by Roald Dahl. The film stars Corbin Bernsen, Joanna Pacuła, John Glover, and David Marshall Grant. It aired on TNT on August 18, 1989. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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