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How did The Breaking Point differ from Howard Hawksâs film version of To Have and Have Not?
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Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz.
Michael Curtizâs 1950 film The Breaking Point differed from Howard Hawksâs 1944 version of To Have and Have Not primarily in its fidelity to the source material. While Hawksâs film was noted for diverging widely from Ernest Hemingwayâs 1937 novel, Curtizâs adaptation is considered by many critics to be a more faithful version of the book.12