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To Have and Have Not (1945)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:21
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A 40-something Humphrey Bogart and a novice named Lauren Bacall might have seemed like an odd pairing on paper, but their chemistry in TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT ignites the screen. Howard Hawks directs... A 40-something Humphrey Bogart and a novice named Lauren Bacall might have seemed like an odd pairing on paper, but their chemistry in TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT ignites the screen. Howard Hawks directs this classic about a jaded American fisherman (Bogart) who risks his life to help a group of French freedom fighters and a sultry young woman (Bacall) with whom he falls in love. The fascinating setting (Vichy-controlled Martinique during the Second World War), the source material (Ernest Hemingway's 1937 novel), and a screenplay co-written by a literary master (William Faulkner) all take a backseat to the on- and off-screen romance between the two legends. TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT is perhaps most memorable for the 19-year-old Bacall seducing Bogart (and audiences) with her lesson on whistling. [More]
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan, Hoagy Carmichael
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan, Hoagy Carmichael, Dolores Moran, Sheldon Leonard, Marcel Dalio, Walter Sande
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Screenwriter: Jules Furthman, William Faulkner
Producer: Howard Hawks
Composer: Franz Waxman
Reviews for To Have and Have Not
"You know how to whistle, don't you? You just put your lips together and blow," said Lauren Bacall to Bogey in this entertaining follow-up to Casablanca, thus launching the onscreen (and offscreen) romance that made them a popular team in the 1940s.
Has a slick of bestial sweat to it that promises that the explosion of really naughty stuff is looming.
[Bogey & Bacall's] onscreen chemistry is palpable, all but overshadowing the fictional back story that made Rick and Ilsa's dance in Casablanca so memorable.
A química entre Bogart e Bacall (numa estréia impressionante) é motivo suficiente para que este filme se mantenha vivo na memória dos amantes do Cinema.
The movie is entertaining in its own right, and representative of the era in which it was produced, but, aside from the legendary interaction between Bogart and Lauren Bacall, there are only moderate reasons to recommend the film.
The scenes between Bogart and Bacall are so dazzlingly about attraction and sex that they encapsulate the whole magic of movies.
The movie is basically a rip-off of “Casablanca,” but it’s got some marvelous dialogue and great intrigue.
...an intriguing, romantic, sometimes exciting, predictable but entertaining motion picture.
The film was Bacall’s first movie and the project on which she and Bogart met. Their love scenes couldn’t be any spicier.
As the hard-boiled professional fisherman who gives his ample ingenuity to a cause, Mr. Bogart is almost as impressive as he was as Rick, the Casablanca host.
colorful, believable, varied characters, a story that moves right along..., and dialogue that snaps right off the screen.
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