The Breaking Point

Harry Morgan is a desperate man who captains a fishing boat. when his latest tourist skips out on the bill, he’s forced to take a job smuggling several Chinese immigrants to the US. When it goes awry, things start to heat up.

The second adaptation of To Have and Have Not, the film can’t decide if it’s a drama or a film noir. It spends too much time on Morgan’s family and his home life, as well as his financial difficulties that drive him to making further deals.

About the only thing good about this movie are the last 20 minutes, and of course Patricia Neal, whose character is barely given the attention she deserves in this film.

Re: Last Chance...Film Noir HoF V
 

Now we just gotta get this HoF finished...

It's done page before....Double Indemnity won, your film came in third.

Good. It ended up being a Billy Wilder movie anyway, and as I consider him the king of noir I'm actually very happy with this.

Noir HoF V stats in condensed form:

7th The Breaking Point (1950) 16 points - Nominated by Siddon
6th Night of the Hunter (1955) 20 points - Nominated by Diehl40
5th The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) 25 points - Nominated by Citizen
4th Kiss Me Deadly (1955) 27 points - Nominated by Phoenix74
3rd Ace in the Hold (1951) 32 points - Nominated by KeyserCorleone
2nd Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 33 points - Nominated by Wyldesyde
1st Double Indemnity (1944) 43 points - Nominated by GulfportDoc