This second screen version of Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not is closer in spirit to the original than the first version, though it still is far from faithful to its source. John Garfield stars as Harry Morgan, who has metamorphosed from Hemingway's gun-runner to an ex-PT boat captain, now running a charter boat service in Southern California. Deeply in debt, Morgan agrees to smuggle aliens and later tries to sneak a bunch of gangsters out of the country. By the time he's been given a wake-up call by his conscience, Morgan has caused the death of a close friend. Patricia Neal and Phyllis Thaxter make the most of their limited footage as, respectively Harry Morgan's casual mistress and faithful spouse. Many critics feel that The Breaking Point represents Michael Curtiz' finest directing job--no small praise for a man who helmed such classics as Casablanca and Yankee Doodle Dandy.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

GENRE: Drama, Detective
MPAA RATING: No Rating
RUN TIME: 1h 37m
RELEASE DATE: October 06, 1950
STARRING: John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Wallace Ford, Peter Brocco
DIRECTOR(S): Michael Curtiz
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WRITER(S): Ranald MacDougall
STUDIO: Warner Bros.