Besides giving Harry a family, screenwriter Ronald MacDougall changed the location from Martinique to Southern California. The script is far superior to the original text. Phyllis Thaxter is his wife, Lucy, and their scenes together are quite sensual, rare for 1950. In fact, he will take on jobs that are clearly illegal - with customers who are the scum of the earth - just to make enough money to feed his family. Morgan is a family man (with a wife and two little girls) who is trying his best to keep above water (pardon the pun). John Garfield, in one of his best performances, plays Harry Morgan, an anti-hero type who captains a charter boat. "The Breaking Point" is film noir at its best. This film is a quasi-remake of "To Have and Have Not," which was a huge hit for its stars (Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall) and Warner Bros. And one of the finest, if not the finest, is "The Breaking Point," made by Warner Bros. Hollywood has made several films based on Ernest Hemingway novels.
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