The Breaking Point Page #4

Synopsis: Fishing boat captain Harry Morgan charters his boat. Due to strained finances, he is none too careful as to whom he does business with. Real trouble erupts when Harry hires out his boat to transport four men who turn out to be criminals on the lam from a racetrack heist.
Director(s): Michael Curtiz
Production: Warner Home Video
 
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Year:
1950
97 min
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- Clear?

- Of course...trust me.

Our interests are identical.

My commission.

You guys are all the same...you talk big...

how honest you are...

You walk away, when you see

someone like me comin'...

And when you get in a jam...

Just like anybody else!...

A chiseller!

You will report to the customs office

in San Diego?

Yes.

You're going back alone?

What about your mate...

this Wesley Park?

No, I'm going back alone.

- It's difficult to go alone.

- I like it that way.

You got your clearance.

Yeah.

We're going back, then?

You're not going.

What do you mean...I'm not going?

I said you're not going...

and don't pester me about it.

Well, you're not going to

leave me here!

What's the matter?

You're not going back with me.

12 years...we've worked together 12 years...

And now you order me around.

You throw me off the boat...

Leave me on the beach...

all this way from home...

And you won't even say why.

I wouldn't do

a thing like this to you.

You're right, you wouldn't...

but I can't carry you. Here...

Take the bus...

I'll pick you up tomorrow afternoon

in San Diego, in Cisco's dock.

Where'd you get this?

You made a deal, didn't you?

You lied to me...

You went and made a deal...

That's why you want me

off the boat.

Get away from me...

Get outta my hair!

Harry...

What is this...you moving in?

I told you...I checked out of the hotel.

I'm broke.

Here...get your gear

and you're on your way.

Okay...

Come on...and step on it!

Don't push.

Thanks for the money, anyhow.

- Forget it!

- Yeah...I'll try.

That's it, right there.

Kind of a of a little cove.

So you can come in close.

They'll be there at 2 o'clock...

When they flash their lights, you go in!

Watch out for the patrol boat...

you got it?

If I get stupid, I'll call you.

Stay by the phone.

Wiseguy!...you and your mouth.

Watch yourself, Harry!

This Mr Sing...

How long's he been here?

Coupla years...

Somebody else before that...

He got killed.

Somebody 'll kill Mr Sing, too.

He'd have to be quick.

I hear Sing's VERY quick.

See you back in Newport!

Come up!

Come up!

Take it easy, Harry...

We came back on board

when you went to town.

Brother, you're in trouble.

I thought you had more sense...

You know the kinda jam I was in.

That's why I came back on board.

After all this time, I wouldn't throw you

off the boat without a good reason.

I'll stick around...whatever it is,

I'm your good man.

You know how to use this?

Just pump the leaver

and shoot it.

Only don't put any holes in the hull.

What's it gonna be?

I'll tell you when it's time.

Maybe I shoulda swam back to Newport.

Or is it "swum"?

In a way it could still happen...

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Ranald MacDougall

Ranald MacDougall (March 10, 1915 – December 12, 1973) was an American screenwriter who scripted such films as Mildred Pierce (1945), The Unsuspected (1947), June Bride (1948), and The Naked Jungle (1954), and shared screenwriting credit for 1963's Cleopatra. He also directed a number of films, including 1957's Man on Fire with Bing Crosby and 1959's The World, the Flesh and the Devil, both of which featured actress Inger Stevens. more…

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