The Breaking Point

Sunday 19th February 3:15 PM - Studio (TBTL)
The Breaking Point
Director:Michael Curtiz
Cert:U Year: 1950 Length:97mins
Country:USA
Based on the novel To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway, The Breaking Point brings together actors John Garfield and Patricia Neal in a classic film noir.

A captain of a charter boat finds himself in financial difficulty and is drawn into illegal activities so that he can keep up the payments on the boat. The desperate captain agrees to smuggle Chinese refugees into the US but not all is well.

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“Clearly the best movie adaptation of a Hemingway novel.”

Dennis Schwartz Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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