The Breaking Point is the second film adaptation of the Ernest Hemingway novel To Have and Have Not. The film, directed by Michael Curtiz, is considered to be considerably more faithful to the novel than the 1944 version starring Humphrey Bogart. Garfield plays Harry Morgan, a penniless fishing hire proprietor whose business is on the skids and whose family is feeling the economic pinch. He begins to work with a shady lawyer, Duncan , who persuades him to run illegal immigrants into California. Harry also begins a flirtation with Leona Charles . When his plan with Duncan goes wrong, Harry... comes even more under the influence of the lawyer, who blackmails him into helping the escape of a gang of crooks, who pull a racetrack heist, by using his fishing boat to get away from authorities. Harry convinces himself that his illegal activities will financially help his family. His wife, Lucy , suspects Harry is breaking the law and urges him to stop for the sake of the family. Harry refuses and walks out. As Harry waits for Duncan and the crooks on his boat, Harry's partner, Wesley Park , arrives.
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| Release date: | October 6, 1950 |
| Directed by: | Michael Curtiz |
| Runtime: | 97 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jerry Wald |
| Screenplay by: | Ranald MacDougall |
| Adapted from: | To Have and Have Not |