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.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Breaking Point canonical | 4 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| 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
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Leona Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucy Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Ted McCord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Michael Curtiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
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surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editedBy | Alan Crosland Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | classic Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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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
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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 ⓘ |
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