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The Breaking Point
Directed by
Michael Curtiz
Not Rated
1950
1h 37m
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An otherwise moral captain of a charter boat becomes financially strapped and is drawn into illegal activities in order to keep up payments on his boat.
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Cast of The Breaking Point
John Garfield
Harry Morgan
Patricia Neal
Leona Charles
Phyllis Thaxter
Lucy Morgan
Juano Hernández
Wesley Park
Wallace Ford
F.R. Duncan
Edmon Ryan
Rogers
Ralph Dumke
Hannagan
Guy Thomajan
Danny
William Campbell
Concho
Sherry Jackson
Amelia Morgan
Donna Jo Boyce
Connie Morgan
Victor Sen Yung
Mr. Sing
John Alvin
Reporter (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
Macho (uncredited)
Mary Carroll
Girl at Bar (uncredited)
Spencer Chan
1st Chinese Immigrant (uncredited)
John Close
Deputy (uncredited)
John Doucette
Gotch Goten (uncredited)
Juan Duval
Bartender in Mexico (uncredited)
Norman Field
Dock Attendant (uncredited)
Alex Gerry
Mr. Phillips (uncredited)
Donna Gibson
Leona's Friend (uncredited)
H.W. Gim
Chinese Immigrant (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Racetrack Teller (uncredited)
James Griffith
Charlie, Bartender (uncredited)
Helene Hatch
Mrs. Cooley (uncredited)
Len Hendry
Boatswain (uncredited)
Juan Hernández
Joseph Park (uncredited)
George Hoagland
Leona's Friend (uncredited)
Charles Horvath
Racetrack Guard (uncredited)
Tommy Lee
Chinese Immigrant (uncredited)
Bob MacLean
Leona's Friend (uncredited)
Paul McGuire
Leona's Escort (uncredited)
David McMahon
Coast Guardsman (uncredited)
Beverly Mook
Freckle-Faced Kid (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Policeman (uncredited)
Norman Phillips Jr.
Dock Master (uncredited)
Greg Rhinelander
Intern (uncredited)
Glen Turnbull
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Paul Vierro
Hernandez (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
Coast Guard Doctor (uncredited)
Benny Long
Bartender at The Shore Club (uncredited)
John Morgan
Reporter (uncredited)
The Breaking Point Ratings & Reviews
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
The insistence and courage of the film's final shot elevates it from a very good film to a nearly great one.
PopMatters
James Plath
Harry may be tough, but in Curtiz' hands he's basically a nice guy in noirland.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Clearly the best movie adaptation of a Hemingway novel.
Scene-Stealers.com
Eric Melin
The Breaking Point adapts Hemingway's book and wrings out some genuine notes of solid tragedy, as well as a more nuanced performance from its lead actor.
Boulder Weekly
Michael J. Casey
Phyllis Thaxter steals the show. Her scenes are the best in the movie, and some of the best domestic scenes in cinema history. You don't often see a husband and wife on equal footing like this, nor do you see it this sexually charged.
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
Arguably the superior mounting of the Ernest Hemingway story, The Breaking Point proves moral gloom exists as equally and virulently sunny-side up.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
An unrelentingly downbeat picture.
Associated Press
Bob Thomas
The Breaking Point is crackling good drama.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Joe Riddle
The acting, script and direction (by Michael Curtiz) are first-rate, making it classic filmmaking.
Backseat Mafia
Rob Aldam
A tumultuous film noir where one mistake results in an honest man's life spiralling downwards.
New York Times
Bosley Crowther
It may not be spiritually ennobling, but it is Hemingway. And it is pretty true to life.
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Sean Axmaker
Director Michael Curtiz draws us into the family life and the stresses on the marriage beautifully and he doesn't let us forget the human cost of Harry's actions...
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