To Have and Have Not
1944 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Harry Morgan (Humphrey Bogart) is the owner-operator of charter boat in wartime Martinique. Morgan's right-hand man is Eddie (Walter Brennan), a garrulous alky whose pet question to anyone and everyone is "Ever get stung by a dead bee?" While in port, Harry is approached by Free French activist Gerard (Marcel Dalio), who wants to charter Harry's boat to smuggle in an important underground leader. Adopting his usual I-stick-my-neck-out-for-no-one stance, Morgan refuses. Later on, he starts up a dalliance with Marie Browning (Lauren Bacall), an attractive pickpocket. In order to help Marie return to America, Harry agrees to Gerard's smuggling terms. He uses his boat to bring resistance fighter De Bursac (Walter Molnar) and De Bursac's wife Helene (Dolores Moran) into Martinique. The Vichy police, suspecting that something's amiss, hold Morgan's pal Eddie hostage, tormenting the poor rummy by denying him liquor. Predictably, Morgan comes to Eddie's rescue and manages to escape Martinique, with the delectable Marie as cozy company.
Direction Howard Hawks
Cast Humphrey Bogart · Walter Brennan · Lauren Bacall · Dolores Moran · Hoagy Carmichael · Sheldon Leonard · Walter Szurovy · Marcel Dalio · Walter Sande · Dan Seymour · Aldo Nadi
Soundtrack Franz Waxman
Screenplay Jules Furthman · William Faulkner · Ernest Hemingway
Cinematography Sidney Hickox
Original title To Have and Have Not
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