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Breaking point (Motion picture : 1950)

The breaking point / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; screen play by Ranald MacDougall ; produced by Jerry Wald ; directed by Michael Curtiz.

DVD special edition.

[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]

1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

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"Michael Curtiz brings a master skipper's hand to the helm of this thriller, Hollywood's second crack at Ernest Hemingway's To Have And Have Not. John Garfield stars as Harry Morgan, an honest charter-boat captain who, facing hard times, take on dangerous cargo to save his boat, support his family, and preserve his dignity. Left in the lurch by a freeloading passenger, Harry starts to entertain the criminal propositions of a sleazy lawyer (Wallace Ford) as well as the playful come-ons of a cheeky blonde (Patricia Neal), making a series of compromises that stretch his morality--and his marriage--further than he'll admit. Hewing closer to Hemingway's novel than Howard Hawks's Bogart-Bacall vehicle does, The Breaking Point charts a course through daylight noir and working-class tragedy, guided by Curtiz's effortless visual fluency and a stoic, career-capping performance from Garfield"--Container.

The Criterion collection ; 889

Criterion collection ; 889.

Charter boat captains -- Drama.

Criminals -- Drama.

Husband and wife -- Drama.

Human smuggling -- California -- Drama.

Film noir.

Crime films.

Film adaptations.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962 film director.

Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962, film producer.

MacDougall, Ranald, screenwriter.

McCord, Ted, 1900-1976, director of photography.

Steiner, Max, 1888-1971, composer (expression)

Jackson, Howard, 1900-1966, composer (expression)

Crosland, Alan, 1918-2001, editor of moving image work.

Garfield, John, actor.

Neal, Patricia, 1926-2010, actor.

Thaxter, Phyllis, 1919-2012, actor.

Hernandez, Juano, actor.

Ford, Wallace, 1898-1966, actor.

Ryan, Edmon, actor.

Dumke, Ralph, 1900-1964, actor.

Thomajan, Guy, 1919-2005, actor.

Campbell, William, 1923-2011, actor.

Jackson, Sherry, 1942- actor.

Boyce, Donna Jo, 1938-2000, actor.

Yung, Victor Sen, 1915-1980, actor.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. To have and have not.

Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), presenter, production company.

Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Full frame (1.37:1 aspect ratio).

Based on the novel "To have and have not" by Ernest Hemingway.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950.

Special features: New interview with biographer and film historian Alan K. Rode (Michael Curtiz: a Life in Film); New piece featuring actor and acting instructor Julie Garfield speaking about her father, actor John Garfield; "Fluid style," a video essay by filmmakers Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos, analyzing Curtiz's directorial techniques; Excerpts from a 1962 episode of the Today show showing contents of the Ernest Hemingway House in Key West, Florida, including items related to the novel "To Have and Have Not"; Trailer; An essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek.

Director of photography, Ted McCord ; editor, Alan Crosland Jr. ; musical direction, Ray Heindorf ; uncredited: music, Howard Jackson, Max Steiner.

John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter, Juano Hernandez, Wallace Ford, Edmon Ryan, Ralph Dumke, Guy Thomajan, William Campbell, Sherry Jackson, Donna Jo Boyce, Victor Sen Yung.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital monaural.

English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired (SDH).

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