The Breaking Point

Genre: film noir

Year Published: 1950

Creator: Michael Curtiz

Credits: Cast: John Garfield, Patricia Neal

Description: Harry Morgan is a sport-fishing boat captain whose business is on the skids and whose family is feeling the economic pinch. He begins to work with a shady lawyer, who persuades him to run illegal immigrants into California. When his plan with Duncan goes wrong, Harry comes even more under the influence of the lawyer. He blackmails him into helping the escape of a gang of crooks by using his fishing boat to get away from authorities. Harry uses a ploy to get his hands on a gun and kills all the crooks in a dramatic shoot out.

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