Breaking Point is a movie directed by Peter Markle in 1989 and based on the book Beware of the Dog by Roald Dahl, first published in BOOK. The movie features Corbin Bernsen, Joanna Pacula, John Glover, David Marshall Grant, Lawrence Pressman, Ken Jenkins, and others.
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Storyline
With D-Day less than 72 hours off, top US intelligence officer Jefferson Pike, is captured by the enemy. Pike, one of handful of officers who know where the allies will strike, is a professional who the Nazis know will never succumb to torture. They hatch a diabolical plan to deceive him into thinking that the war is over and he’s recuperating from memory loss in a US hospital in Germany.
Movie vs Book
Year
1989
Minutes
100
Movie Rate
5.40
Source: IMDb
Year
1946
Pages
19
Book Rate
7.08
S: Goodreads
Book
Beware of the Dog
Author: Roald Dahl
Country: UK
First published in: 1946
Length: 19 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by George Seaton
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“A novel is both a story and a piece of writing. A movie is a story and a piece of filmmaking.”
ZAL BATMANGLIJ (Screenwriter)
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