The Breaking Point

The Breaking Point

A guy who had nothing to sell but guts!

Rating

4.0 (1)

Release Date

10/6/1950

Runtime

97 mins

Overview

A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Homepage

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A hardscrabble fisherman's financial desperation pulls him into the criminal underworld with inexorable momentum. It's a noir morality tale about how quickly circumstances can compress a good man's choices into impossible ones.

Mood

TenseDread-soakedBleak

Themes

CorruptionSurvival

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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