The Breaking Point
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The Breaking Point is a 1950 film noir crime drama, adapted from Ernest Hemingway’s novel "To Have and Have Not," starring John Garfield as a struggling boat captain drawn into dangerous smuggling.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Breaking Point canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8975925 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Breaking Point Context triple: [Mary C. McCall Jr., notableWork, The Breaking Point]
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A.
The Blow
The Blow is an American indie pop band known for its minimalist electronic sound and introspective, narrative-driven lyrics.
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B.
Dangerous Corner
Dangerous Corner is a 1932 stage play by J. B. Priestley, best known as a pioneering "time play" that explores truth, memory, and the consequences of revealing secrets.
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C.
A Gunfight
A Gunfight is a 1971 Western film starring Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash that explores aging gunfighters facing one last deadly showdown staged as a public spectacle.
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D.
The Broken Man
"The Broken Man" is an episode from the sixth season of the television series Game of Thrones that notably features the return of Sandor Clegane and explores themes of trauma, faith, and shifting allegiances in the lead-up to major conflicts.
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E.
The Marked Men
The Marked Men are a Texas-based punk rock band known for their fast, melodic songs and influential role in the 2000s garage-punk scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Breaking Point Target entity description: The Breaking Point is a 1950 film noir crime drama, adapted from Ernest Hemingway’s novel "To Have and Have Not," starring John Garfield as a struggling boat captain drawn into dangerous smuggling.
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A.
The Blow
The Blow is an American indie pop band known for its minimalist electronic sound and introspective, narrative-driven lyrics.
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B.
Dangerous Corner
Dangerous Corner is a 1932 stage play by J. B. Priestley, best known as a pioneering "time play" that explores truth, memory, and the consequences of revealing secrets.
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C.
A Gunfight
A Gunfight is a 1971 Western film starring Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash that explores aging gunfighters facing one last deadly showdown staged as a public spectacle.
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D.
The Broken Man
"The Broken Man" is an episode from the sixth season of the television series Game of Thrones that notably features the return of Sandor Clegane and explores themes of trauma, faith, and shifting allegiances in the lead-up to major conflicts.
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E.
The Marked Men
The Marked Men are a Texas-based punk rock band known for their fast, melodic songs and influential role in the 2000s garage-punk scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Ernest Hemingway’s novel To Have and Have Not NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | To Have and Have Not NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Ernest Hemingway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Harry Morgan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leona Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucy Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Ted McCord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Michael Curtiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editedBy | Alan Crosland Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | classic Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
film noir ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| leadActor | John Garfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacterOccupation | boat captain ⓘ |
| leadRole | Harry Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Max Steiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeElement | smuggling ⓘ |
| notableAspect | considered one of the most faithful film adaptations of Hemingway’s work ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A struggling boat captain becomes involved in illegal smuggling to support his family, leading to danger and moral conflict. ⓘ |
| producer | Jerry Wald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | September 30, 1950 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 97 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Ranald MacDougall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
John Garfield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Juano Hernández NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia Neal NERFINISHED ⓘ Phyllis Thaxter NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallace Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ William Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
crime and corruption
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economic hardship ⓘ family responsibility ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | post-World War II era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Breaking Point Description of subject: The Breaking Point is a 1950 film noir crime drama, adapted from Ernest Hemingway’s novel "To Have and Have Not," starring John Garfield as a struggling boat captain drawn into dangerous smuggling.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.