The Breaking Point | |
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Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
Screenplay by | Ranald MacDougall |
Based on | To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway |
Produced by | Jerry Wald |
Starring | John Garfield Patricia Neal Phyllis Thaxter Juano Hernandez |
Cinematography | Ted D. McCord |
Edited by | Alan Crosland Jr. |
Music by | Max Steiner |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Breaking Point is a 1950 American film noir crime drama directed by Michael Curtiz and the second film adaptation of the 1937 Ernest Hemingway novel To Have and Have Not,[1] the first one having featured Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. It stars John Garfield in his penultimate film role and Patricia Neal.