Rent The Breaking Point (1950)
3.8 of 5 from 62 ratings
1h 37min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
Michael Curtiz brings a master skipper's hand to the helm of this thriller, Hollywood's second crack at Ernest Hemingway's 'To Have and Have Not'. John Garfield stars as Harry Morgan, an honest charter-boat captain who, facing hard times, takes on dangerous cargo to save his boat, support his family, and preserve his dignity. Left in the lurch by a freeloading passenger, Harry starts to entertain the criminal propositions of a sleazy lawyer (Wallace Ford), as well as the playful come-ons of a cheeky blonde (Patricia Neal), making a series of compromises that stretch his morality - and his marriage - farther than he'll admit. Hewing closer to Hemingway's novel than Howard Hawks's Bogart-Bacall vehicle, 'The Breaking Point' charts a course through daylight noir and working-class tragedy, guided by Curtiz's effortless visual fluency and a stoic, career-capping performance from Garfield. - Actors:
- John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter, Juano Hernandez, 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
- Directors:
- Michael Curtiz
- Producers:
- Jerry Wald
- Writers:
- Ranald MacDougall, Ernest Hemingway
- Aka:
- To Have and Have Not
- Studio:
- Criterion Collection
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- inema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 2, Introducing the Thesping Olympians, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 15/08/2022
- Run Time:
- 97 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New interview with critic Alan K. Rode (Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film)
- New piece featuring actor and acting instructor Julie Garfield on her father, actor John Garfield
- New video essay by Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou analyzing Curtiz's methods
- Excerpts from a 1962 episode of Today showing contents of the Ernest Hemingway House in Key West, Florida, including items related to 'To Have and Have Not', the novel on which 'The Breaking Point' is based
- Trailer
- An essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek
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