A financially strapped charter-boat skipper becomes involved with smugglers in and effort to keep up payments on his vessel and soon finds himself in over his head. An adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not.
Features
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
Director
Michael Curtiz
Writer
Ranald MacDougall
Cast
John GarfieldHarry Morgan
Patricia NealLeona Charles
Phyllis ThaxterLucy Morgan
Juano HernandezWesley Park
Wallace FordDuncan
Edmon RyanRogers
Ralph DumkeHannagan
Guy ThomajanDanny
William CampbellConcho
Sherry JacksonAmelia
Crew
George James HopkinsSet Design
Ted D. McCordCinematographer
Ray HeindorfComposer
Ernest HemingwayAuthor
Jerry WaldProducer
Edward CarrereArt Director
Alan Crosland Jr.Editor
Ted McCordCinematographer
Bill PhillipsMake Up
Leah RhodesCostumes
Warner Bros.Production Company
Details
Genre
Drama
Subgenre
Drama,Adaptation,Remake
Title
The Breaking Point
Countries Produced
US
Duration
100 minutes
Year of Release
1950
Product Tags
Criterion Collection, Blu-ray
Format
Blu-ray
Program Type
Movie
Sound Features
Dolby Digital Mono
Screen Format
Black & White
Aspect Ratio
1.37:1
Subtitles
English
Studio
Criterion Collection
General
Number Of Discs
1
Other
Product Name
The Breaking Point [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] [1950]