The Breaking Point
1961 | 62m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Lance Comfort |
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| Writer: | Peter Lambert, Laurence Meynell |
| Staring: |
| A young man's gambling losses cause him to become embroiled in a currency heist. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 1961 |
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| Director: | Lance Comfort |
| Writer: | Peter Lambert, Laurence Meynell |
| Genres: | Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | Butcher's Film Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 07, 2024 Entered: May 05, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Peter Reynolds | Eric |
| Dermot Walsh | Robert |
| Joanna Dunham | Cherry |
| Lisa Gastoni | Eva |
| Brian Cobby | Peter de Savory |
| Jack Allen | Ernest Winlatter |
| Geoffrey Denton | Debt Collector |
| Arnold Diamond | Telling |
| Richard Golding | Mintos |
| John G. Heller | Mei |
| Mercia Mansfield | Secretary |
| Eric Corrie | Wilson |
| Desmond Cullum-Jones | Evans |
| Charles Russell | Cappel |
| Joe Wadham | Boxer |
| Gertan Klauber | Lofty |
| Arthur Howell | Colly |
| Tony Castleton | Roulette Player (uncredited) |
| Pat Clavin | (uncredited) |
| Peter Evans | Casino Patron (uncredited) |
| John Lawrence | Security Officer (uncredited) |
| Louis Matto | Roulette Dealer (uncredited) |
| Mary Maxfield | Roulette Player (uncredited) |
| Terry Sartain | Casino Patron (uncredited) |
| Reg Thomason | Casino Patron (uncredited) |
| Pete Walker | Alex (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Lance Comfort | Director |
| Peter Lambert | Screenplay |
| Laurence Meynell | Novel |
| Albert Elms | Music, Conductor |
| Basil Emmott | Cinematography |
| Peter Pitt | Editor |
| John Earl | Art Direction |
| George Claff | Makeup Artist |
| Mervyn Medalie | Hairdresser |
| Pat Green | Production Manager |
| Peter Medak | Assistant Director |
| Michael Hart | Sound |
| Richard A. Smith | Sound Recordist |
| Frank Drake | Camera Operator |
| Jackie Cummins | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Ann Besserman | Continuity |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Peter Lambert | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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"Eric" (Peter Reynolds) has expensive tastes, and an unsavoury gentleman of ill-repute knows it! His gaming tables become a regular haunt for the young man, and the IOUs he has to leave behind each time start to accumulate. Soon, he's in a cul-de-sac that he can only escape by providing sensitive in ... formation about a currency job that is being carried out by his family printing business. Once he's in, there's no getting out and soon he is embroiled in a complex heist that will settle his debts but probably ruin his family life in the process. Luckily, he has wife "Cherry" (Joanna Dunham) and her pal "Robert" (Dermot Walsh) who are sensitive to his changing behaviour and soon smell a rat. Lance Comfort keeps it moving along well enough for an hour, but the story is just as flat as the acting and by the end I was willing the criminals to succeed despite it being certain they wouldn't. The denouement itself is simply disappointing and implausible in equal measure and left me wondering if this is all just really a moral message about no easy wins. Afternoon cinema fodder that you'll soon forget.