Word: garfield
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Harry Morgan (John Garfield), a rough & ready veteran of PT boats, scrounges a living for his wife (Phyllis Thaxter) and two daughters by chartering his cruiser for fishing trips. Apart from his boat (which is not paid up) and a talent for spotting marlin half a mile off, he has nothing "to peddle but guts." When a client runs out on his bill, leaving Morgan broke in a Mexican port, he starts peddling guts...
...Breaking Point sheds high credit on both sides of the camera. Much of its quality stems from Cinematographer Ted (Treasure of Sierra Madre) McCord's fine photography of sun-baked waterfront and open sea. All the players are in top form. In his meatiest role in years, Actor Garfield gives one of his best performances, and Actress Thaxter is memorable as a housewife bowed down by drudgery, poverty and fear...
...some scenes, mostly at the beginning, the movie's sound track carries an unnecessary commentary written by Playwright Arthur (Death of a Salesman) Miller and spoken by John Garfield; the best that can be said for it is that it is inoffensive. The picture is also flecked with some technical flaws, e.g., inadequate lighting in some of its authentic settings would be the despair of Hollywood...
...release of "Destination Tokyo," a story of a submarine and its crew, is the second big hit. Cary Grant is the head man on a submarine which must get into Tokyo harbor and land men to get "vital data," John Garfield appears in the cast also...
Holiday Hour (Sun. 5 p.m., CBS). The Philadelphia Story, with Jane Cowl, John Garfield, Rosalind Russell, Dick Powell and Margaret O'Brien...