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This picture is the story of a young war veteran whose only means of supporting his family is a large, ocean-going cabin cruiser. By renting the boat, or fishing from it, he earns a living. John Garfield plays this part, while Patricia Neal portrays his necessarily overworked wife. Saying relatively little, and then only in the short and sometimes near-obscene Hemingway phrases, Garfield gives one of his best performances. Very soon after the opening he has so well accustomed himself and his audience to the character and personality called for by the script that the picture...
...Patricia Neal is equally well cast in her part; her performance is technically perfect. The script gives her no opportunity for explosive dramatics, yet she manages to express her love for her husband and family, and her continual worry about them, without having to resort to stage tricks. She walks into rooms without making entrances, she holds her voice within the small, unexciting range of normal people. Although Phyllis Thaxter overplays the "other woman" in more than one scene, the minor characters generally succeed in their primary task: they are good enough to fit smoothly into the film's supporting...
...Breaking Point. A stinging melodrama based on Hemingway's To Have and Have Not; with John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter (TIME, Sept...
...first night audience was initially disappointed to hear that Patricia Collinge ("The Little Foxes") was indisposed, but applauded with enthusiasm the fine performance by Marie Carroll. Miss Carroll read through her lines for the first time but 24 hours before the opening, and rolicarsed only twice with the cast. At one point, an astute observer caught her reading from her script onstage behind a cover of Time, Altogether, it was an amazing job. Miss Collinge will not return for at least a week, but Miss Carroll will see the play nicely through the interim...
...growing tension. Besides stinging melodrama, the film offers some unusual dividends. Its love story involves the hero with-of all people-his wife, and it is played with a passion that U.S. movies never seem to find in married couples who have school-age children. In the other woman (Patricia Neal), who gets nowhere with Morgan, the script fashions an acid, quip-studded portrait of a smart tart on the make...