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Breaking Point. The
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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MlCHAEL CURTlZ (Mildred Pierce) brings a master skipper’s hand to the heIm of this thriIIer, HoIIywood’s second crack at Ernest Hemingway’s To Have and Have Not. JOHN GARFlELD (The Postman AIways Rings Twice) stars as Harry Morgan, an honest charter-boat captain who, facing hard times, takes on dangerous cargo to save his boat, support his family, and preserve his dignity. Left in the lurch by a freeIoading passenger, Harry starts to entertain the criminaI propositions of a sleazy lawyer (Harvey’s WALLACE FORD), as well as the playful comeons of a cheeky bIonde (A Face in the Crowd’s PATRlCIA NEAL), making a series of compromises that stretch his morality—and his marriage—farther than he’II admit. Hewing cIoser to Hemingway’s novel than Howard Hawks’s Bogart-BacaII vehicIe, The Breaking Point charts a course through daylight noir and working-class tragedy, guided by Curtiz’s effortless visuaI fIuency and a stoic, career-capping performance from Garfield |
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