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To Have and Have Not

1944

Howard Hawks

Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Moran ...

7.9

13,274

Film noir. Mystery. Thriller 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 ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"In many ways the ultimate Hawks film: clear, direct, and thoroughly brilliant."
		Variety	"Bogart is in his usual metier, a tough guy who, no less, has the facility of making a dame go for him, instead of he for her. That's where Bacall comes in."
		Douglas Pratt The Hollywood Reporter	"The scenes between Bogart and Bacall are so dazzlingly about attraction and sex that they encapsulate the whole magic of movies."
		Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"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."
		Phil Hardy Time Out	"An unassuming masterpiece (...) Bogie and Bacall fell in love while making the film, and their scenes reflect this"
		Tony Sloman Radio Times	"One of Hollywood's most satisfying romantic melodramas (...) This is a gloriously witty and wonderfully enjoyable movie (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"Bad book, great film (...) The best of the picture has no plot at all, but is a leisurely series of mating duels between Humphrey Bogart at his most proficient and the very entertaining, nervy, adolescent new blonde, Lauren Bacall."
		Noel Murray AV Club	"The plot's a plugger and the characters are sketchy, but the spoken words are the music to which Bogart and Bacall fall in love, onscreen and off."
		Dennis Drabelle The Washington Post	"It highlights Hawks's ability to reshape strong material to suit his imagination"

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