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6 October 1950 (USA)
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Fishing boat captain Harry Morgan charters his boat. Due to strained finances, he is none too careful as to whom he does business with...
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(Complete credited cast)| John Garfield | ... | Harry Morgan | |
| Patricia Neal | ... | Leona Charles | |
| Phyllis Thaxter | ... | Lucy Morgan | |
| Juano Hernandez | ... | Wesley Park | |
| Wallace Ford | ... | F.R. Duncan | |
| Edmon Ryan | ... | Rogers | |
| Ralph Dumke | ... | Hannagan | |
| Guy Thomajan | ... | Danny | |
| William Campbell | ... | Concho | |
| Sherry Jackson | ... | Amelia Morgan | |
| Donna Jo Boyce | ... | Connie Morgan | |
| Victor Sen Yung | ... | Mr. Sing |
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Finnish certificate censorship # 33288 delivered on 6-3-1951 (K-16, 120m cut).
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Referenced in Watching the Detectives (2007)
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John Garfield is the star. What a star he was, too! He's near the end of his too-short career here but is fine. Phyllis Thaxter, as his wife, will steal your heart. She gives a beautifully performance.
One of my favorites, Patricia Neal, is good too. But she doesn't look beautiful, which she certainly was. Her costumes do not compliment her, nor does her hair in this movie.
Juano Hernandez as Garfield's fishing buddy is very touching in an understated role. And Wallace Ford is exceptionally good. He plays an extremely shady lawyer -- a loudmouthed braggart and a coward. It's the sort of role and performance that get singled out for Academy Awards but apparently he got nothing -- not here nor anywhere else in his long, interesting career.
The story centers on Garfield's boat and his travels. It's about him, his foundering career, and his family. Initially Neal plays an integral role but once she is no longer a passenger, her character's relationship to the rest of the plot is tenuous.