To Have and Have Not (1944)

Director:

Howard Hawks

Writers:

Jules Furthman (screenplay) and
William Faulkner (screenplay)
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Release Date:

20 January 1945 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Music | Romance | Thriller | War

Tagline:

At Last! Bogart makes love his kind of woman !

Plot:

Harry Morgan and his alcoholic sidekick, Eddie, are based on the island of Martinique and crew a boat available for hire...

Plot Keywords:

Martinique | Fugitive | Alcoholic | Singer | Island

Cast

Humphrey Bogart	...	Harry 'Steve' Morgan
Walter Brennan	...	Eddie
Lauren Bacall	...	Marie 'Slim' Browning
Dolores Moran	...	Mme. Hellene de Bursac
Hoagy Carmichael	...	Cricket
Sheldon Leonard	...	Lt. Coyo
Walter Szurovy	...	Paul de Bursac (as Walter Molnar)
Marcel Dalio	...	Gerard (Frenchy)
Walter Sande	...	Johnson, fishing customer
Dan Seymour	...	Capt. M. Renard
Aldo Nadi	...	Renard's bodyguard
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Audrey Armstrong	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Joy Barlow	...	(uncredited)
Eugene Borden	...	Quartermaster (uncredited)
James Burross	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Jack Chefe	...	Guide (uncredited)
Louise Clark	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Adrienne D'Ambricourt	...	Cashier (uncredited)
Jean De Briac	...	Gendarme (uncredited)
Marcel De la Brosse	...	Sailor (uncredited)
Fred Dosch	...	Gaulist (uncredited)
Alphonse Du Bois	...	Bit (uncredited)
Elzie Emanuel	...	Black urchin (uncredited)
Fred Farrell	...	Headwaiter (uncredited)
Lance Fuller	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Harold Garrison	...	Black urchin (uncredited)
Janette Grae	...	Rosalie (uncredited)
Suzette Harbin	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Margaret Hathaway	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Frank Johnson	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Hal Kelly	...	Detective (uncredited)
Sir Lancelot	...	Horatio (Queen Conch crewman) (uncredited)
Keith Lawrence	...	Flirtatious Frenchman (uncredited)
Oscar Loraine	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Lou Marcelle	...	Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Paul Marion	...	Beauclere (Gaulist) (uncredited)
Maurice Marsac	...	Gaulist (uncredited)
Louis Mercier	...	Gaulist (uncredited)
Chef Milani	...	Chef at Marquis Hotel (uncredited)
Gussie Morris	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Kanza Omar	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Jack Passin	...	Flirtatious Frenchman (uncredited)
Ron Randell	...	Naval ensign (uncredited)
Pedro Regas	...	Civilian (uncredited)
Margaret Savage	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Patricia Shay	...	Mrs. Beauclere (uncredited)
Milton Shockley	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Emmett Smith	...	Emil (Marquis Hotel bartendr) (uncredited)
George Sorel	...	French officer (uncredited)
George Suzanne	...	Gaulist (uncredited)
Marguerita Sylva	...	Cashier (uncredited)
Roger Valmy	...	Flirtatious Frenchman (uncredited)
Pat West	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Crane Whitley	...	Gaulist (uncredited)
Edith Wilson	...	Black woman (uncredited)
Jack Winslowe	...	Bit part (uncredited)

Directed by
Howard Hawks

Writing credits
Jules Furthman		(screenplay) and
William Faulkner		(screenplay)
Ernest Hemingway		(novel) uncredited
Cleve F. Adams		uncredited
Whitman Chambers		uncredited

Produced by
Howard Hawks	....	producer
Jack L. Warner	....	executive producer

Original Music by
William Lava		(uncredited)
Franz Waxman		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Sidney Hickox		(as Sid Hickox)

Film Editing by
Christian Nyby

Art Direction by
Charles Novi

Set Decoration by
Casey Roberts

Costume Design by
Milo Anderson		(gowns)

Makeup Department
Perc Westmore	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Eric Stacey	....	unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jack Sullivan	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Robert Vreeland	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Oliver S. Garretson	....	sound
Edward Ullman	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Roy Davidson	....	special effects director
Rex Wimpy	....	special effects

Stunts
Harvey Parry	....	stunts (uncredited)
George Suzanne	....	stunts (uncredited)

Music Department
Leo F. Forbstein	....	musical director
Leonid Raab	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Louis Comien	....	technical advisor
Meta Carpenter	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Frederick De Cordova	....	dialogue director (uncredited)
Lance Fuller	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures (as Warner Bros.-First National Pictures)

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1944) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1952) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Dominant Pictures Corporation (1956) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• United Artists Television (1972) (USA) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (1989) (West Germany) (VHS)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1990) (USA) (VHS)
• Turner Entertainment (1990) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (VHS) (re-release)
• Warner Bros. (2004) (Argentina) (all media) (re-release)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Living Colour Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sociedade Importadora de Filmes (SIF) (Portugal)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not (UK) (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:G (TV rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | Argentina:Atp | Canada:PG (Ontario) | USA:Approved (certificate #10052) | Canada:PG (video rating) | South Korea:12 (2003) | Finland:K-16 (original rating) | Finland:S (re-rating) | Germany:12 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) (cut) | UK:PG (video rating) (1988) (uncut)

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The film debut of Lauren Bacall. The DVD sleeve notes state that she was nineteen years of age at the time whilst her dialogue in the film indicates that she was playing a character (Marie 'Slim' Browning) which was aged twenty-two years of age.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Frenchy takes Capt Morgan to the cellar to remove a bullet, Frenchy unlocks the cellar door and promptly relocks it after they enter the cellar. A few minutes later, Slim comes down the stairs in the cellar with the first aid kit and the hot water. Frenchy has been in the room with the wounded man all this time and couldn't have unlocked the cellar door.

Quotes:

Title Card: [first lines]
Title Card: Martinique, in the summer of 1940, shortly after the fall of France.
Title Card: Forte de France
Steve: Morning.
Officer at port: Good Morning, Captain Morgan. What can I do for you today?
Steve: Same thing as yesterday.
Officer at port: You and your client wish to make a temporary exit from the port?
Steve: *That* is right.
Officer at port: Name?
Steve: Ha - Harry Morgan.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Notre musique (2004)

Soundtrack:

How Little We Know

There is a reason why...

... Bogart is held in high esteem for his career of acting. He was just that damn good.

Forget all of the top ten lists, awards, honorable mentions, etc. It's really hard to put a finger on it exactly, but his ability to transform what in a script is a mediocre character with average, even sometimes corny lines, into someone who you always seem to be rooting for - someone who's delivery is always convincing - has to be proof of natural skill.

The interplay between he and Bacall is some of the most unforced, natural acting ever to grace the big screen. And what could be sexier than Bacall's flirting before they kissed? One not to be missed.