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6 October 1950 (USA) moreTagline:
A guy who had nothing to sell but guts! morePlot:
Fishing boat captain Harry Morgan charters his boat. Due to strained finances, he is none too careful as to whom he does business with... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Well made and crisp version of often told tale moreCast
(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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97 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Certification:
West Germany:16 (nf) | Finland:K-15 (new rating: 2001) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15Filming Locations:
Newport Beach, California, USAFun Stuff
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Finnish certificate censorship # 33288 delivered on 6-3-1951 (K-16, 120m cut). moreFAQ
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This is based on the same Hemingway novel that provided the source for the Bogart classic "To Have and Have Not" and that was remade some years later as The Gun Runners. While the credits mention the author they do not state the title of the book and it seems as if the studio was anxious to hide the fact that the movie is a remake.Leaving aside what strikes me as sharp practice the actual movie is pretty good. John Garfield plays the Bogart role -Harry Morgan an impecunious fishing hire proprietor whose business is on the skids and whose family is feeling the economic pinch .Accordingly he throws in his lot with a shady lawyer who persuades him to run illegal immigrants into California .When this goes wrong he comes even more under the influence of the lawyer who blackmails him into helping the escape of a gang of crooks who hold up a racecourse Garfield is fine as a stubborn and basically decent man striving to keep his business solvent and his family together and the other performance are solid and professional as is Michael Curtiz' brisk and tense direction
Not up to the original but worth 90 minutes of your time