Crime ·Drama · United States of America · 1950 · 1h 37m

The Breaking Point

The Breaking Point poster

Director

Cast

John Garfield as Harry Morgan Patricia Neal as Leona Charles Phyllis Thaxter as Lucy Morgan Juano Hernández as Wesley Park Wallace Ford as F.R. Duncan Edmon Ryan as Rogers

Crew

Ted D. McCord — Director of Photography Alan Crosland, Jr. — Editor Max Steiner — Original Music Composer Ranald MacDougall — Writer Ernest Hemingway — Novel Jerry Wald — Producer

Tagline

A guy who had nothing to sell but guts!

Synopsis

A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.

Trailer

The Breaking Point — Official Trailer

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Mood & Themes

california mexico based on novel or book fishing illegal immigration fisherman film noir hemingway

Key Collaborators

Michael Curtiz Director Ted D. McCord Director of Photography Alan Crosland, Jr. Editor Max Steiner Original Music Composer Ranald MacDougall Writer Ernest Hemingway Novel Jerry Wald Producer

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