To Have and Have Not (1944)

During World War II, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sensuous lounge singer.

Director:

Howard Hawks

Writers:

Ernest Hemingway (novel), Jules Furthman (screen play)

Stars:

Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan

3 wins.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Humphrey Bogart	...	Harry 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 aka Frenchy
Walter Sande	...	Johnson
Dan Seymour	...	Capt. M. Renard
Aldo Nadi	...	Renard's Bodyguard

Storyline

Harry Morgan and his alcoholic sidekick, Eddie, are based on the island of Martinique and crew a boat available for hire. However, since the second world war is happening around them business is not what it could be and after a customer who owes them a large sum fails to pay they are forced against their better judgment to violate their preferred neutrality and to take a job for the resistance transporting a fugitive on the run from the Nazis to Martinique. Through all this runs the stormy relationship between Morgan and Marie "Slim" Browning, a resistance sympathizer and the sassy singer in the club where Morgan spends most of his days.

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Plot Keywords:

fishing | alcoholic | stray bullet | sidekick | fishing boat | 

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Taglines:

At Last! Bogart makes love his kind of woman !

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Film-Noir | Romance | Thriller | War

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The choice of name for Humphrey Bogart's character could be seen as having dark connotations as the most prominent maritime historical figure with the same last name was the notorious privateer Henry Morgan, whose exploits led to a fair amount of wealth, resulting in his becoming a rich plantation owner and eventual deputy governor of Jamaica.

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Goofs

(at around 1h 39 mins) When Slim walks over to the piano to say goodbye to Cricket there is a crowd gathered around the piano watching them but as the scene goes through various edits, the make-up of the crowd and the positioning of some of the people in the crowd keep changing.

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Quotes

[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.
[...]

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Connections

Featured in Roseanne: The Pied Piper of Lanford (1991)

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Soundtracks

The Rhumba Jumps
(1939) (uncredited)
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Music by Hoagy Carmichael
Performed by the Martinique band

User Reviews

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.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

20 January 1945 (USA)

Also Known As:

Tener y no tener

Filming Locations:

Laguna Beach, California, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$12,459

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1