+12
There's another one :
#58 The Breaking Point - The more I think about The Breaking Point the more I like it. There's so much to it, and it speaks to us in economic terms, moral terms and psychological terms. In many films that explore these issues men are forced to commit crimes just so their business can survive, they can afford to feed their family and they can pay their rent. One bad situation after another, no fault of protagonist Harry Morgan (John Garfield), occur, which have him smuggling illegal immigrants and helping bank robbers escape with loot. In the meantime he's being seduced by another woman, because why not add that to the plethora of issues Harry is going through. He's just a family man who wants a decent life for his wife and daughter(s), and this film often segues to and from a kind of typical noir tone depending on where Harry is - closer to home, and this is closer to a normal film. Once on the dock, in his boat, or in a seedy nightclub, everything gets much darker - and the dangers are much closer to hand. There seems to be so much squeezed into The Breaking Point, and Michael Curtiz guides it all with panache. I had it at #23.
I've never heard of #60, #59 nor #57. Much, anyway.
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Seen : 7/44
I'd never even heard of : 34/44
Movies that had been on my radar, but I haven't seen yet : 3/44
Films from my list : 3
#58 - My #23 - The Breaking Point (1950)
#61 - My #21 - Act of Violence (1949)
#67 - My #18 - The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
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