John Garfield

Patricia Neal

Phyllis Thaxter

Juano Hernández

Wallace Ford

Edmon Ryan

Ralph Dumke

Guy Thomajan

William Campbell

Sherry Jackson

Donna Jo Boyce

Victor Sen Yung

John Alvin

Chet Brandenburg

Peter Brocco

Mary Carroll

Spencer Chan

John Close

John Doucette

Juan Duval

Norman Field

Alex Gerry

Donna Gibson

H.W. Gim

Dick Gordon

James Griffith

Helene Hatch

Len Hendry

Juan Hernández

George Hoagland

Charles Horvath

Tommy Lee

Bob MacLean

Paul McGuire

David McMahon

Beverly Mook

Jack Mower

Norman Phillips Jr.

Greg Rhinelander

Glen Turnbull

Paul Vierro

Robert B. Williams

Benny Long

John Morgan

Michael Curtiz

Ranald MacDougall

Jerry Wald

Ernest Hemingway

Alan Crosland, Jr.

Ted D. McCord

Max Steiner

Myrl Stoltz

Bill Phillips

Sherry Shourds

David Curtiz

Edward Carrere

Leah Rhodes

George James Hopkins

Leslie G. Hewitt

Crime

Drama

The Breaking Point

Warner Bros. Pictures

United States of America

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A rather disillusioned "Harry Morgan" (John Garfield) is the skipper of a boat offering charters to tourists and fishing trips, but business is not very good. He is deep in debt and, together with his pal "Wes" (Juano Hernandez) is struggling to make ends meet. He isn't helped by pressure from his wife "Lucy" (Phyllis Thaxter) who just wants him to get a steady job - on her uncle's lettuce farm! The plot now takes a fairly predictable twist as they find themselves stranded in Mexico with only one way back. That solution is provided by crooked lawyer "Duncan" (Wallace Ford) who offers to bail them out if they smuggle some contraband. Pretty soon the choices he makes start to impact on his family, and his relationship with his wife is further tested by his friendship with the rather disdainful (of men, anyway) "Leona" (Patricia Neal). Michael Curtiz packs a great deal into this 90 minute adventure thriller, and Garfield and Neal work really well together to give their scenes a bit of electricity as the former finds himself getting steadily more out of his depth. The dialogue, based on the Hemmingway book, is quick-fire and the gritty plot has plenty of punch with the momentum controlled really quite effectively right until quite a dangerous denouement!

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