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My Review of ‘The Breaking Point’ (1950)
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My Review of ‘The Breaking Point’ (1950)

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Debbi Mack
Aug 23, 2024
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This movie is the second film adaptation of the Ernest Hemingway novel, To Have and Have Not. The first adaptation was, of course, a movie with the same name as the book, featuring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. I’ve never read the book, but from what I know about Hemingway, I suspect the second version adheres more closely to the novel.

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