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Writers:
Ernest Hemingway (novel)
Ranald MacDougall (writer)
Release Date:
6 October 1950 (USA) more
Tagline:
A guy who had nothing to sell but guts! more
Plot:
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 synopsis
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Daytime Drive By (October 7, 2009)
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John Garfield at his best! more (9 total)
Cast
(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 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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West Germany:16 (nf) | Finland:K-15 (new rating: 2001) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
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Finnish certificate censorship # 33288 delivered on 6-3-1951 (K-16, 120m cut). more
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Referenced in Watching the Detectives (2007) more
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Garfield stars in this terrific filming of Hemingway's To Have and To Have Not. It is much more faithful than Faulkner's re-working of Hemingway's original novel-Hemingway is said to have liked this version better. Garfield is a boat captain almost without means. He is desparate for money and agrees to transport illegal cargo. Events spin out of control and push him beyond his breaking point. Terrific movie. One of Garfield's last efforts.