The Breaking Point (1950) on Netflix
Harry Morgan's sport-fishing boat business is failing, and his family feels the pinch. A lawyer, Duncan, persuades him to carry eight Chinese men from Mexico into California on the Sea Queen.
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Plot summary
Harry Morgan is a sport-fishing boat captain. His business is failing and his family is short of money. A lawyer named Duncan draws him into a scheme to take eight Chinese men from Mexico into California aboard his boat, the Sea Queen. Harry also meets Leona Charles. Harry's wife is Lucy, and Wesley Park works with him as his partner on the boat.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Breaking Point (1950)
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- Hazel Brooks tested for the lead role in The Breaking Point that was eventually awarded to Patricia Neal, who had just been suspended for several weeks by Warner Bros. Pictures after refusing to appear in Sugarfoot.
- The producers of The Breaking Point took a risk casting John Garfield in the lead role, because theater exhibitors nationwide had struggled to draw audiences to his previous films.
