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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Howard Hawks

Writer:

Ernest Hemingway, Jules Furthman, William Faulkner

Release Date:

Jan 20, 1945

Runtime:

1hr 40m

Synopsis

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

Cast

  • Humphrey Bogart
  • Walter Brennan
  • Lauren Bacall
  • Dolores Moran
  • Hoagy Carmichael
  • Sheldon Leonard
  • Walter Szurovy
  • Marcel Dalio
  • Walter Sande
  • Dan Seymour

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  • Mar 6, 2021

    hi letterboxd dot com, tonight I’m thinking about how in every scene in this, humphrey bogart and lauren bacall look like they’re sharing a private joke, and maybe that’s just love

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    phoebe 💫
    phoebe 💫
    Apr 18, 2019

    what the....i’m not new to lauren bacall but every time she appeared i got hella goosebumps like i was discovering her screen presence for the first time? wow, her POWER. 35mm. MoMA.

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    KYK
    KYK
    Apr 28, 2018

    From IMDB: Lauren Bacall wrote in her autobiography that it was in the third week of shooting that friendly banter between her and Humphrey Bogart turned into something more. At the end of shooting one day, "...he leaned over, put his hand under my chin, and kissed me. It…

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    mandijo
    mandijo
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    Sep 19, 2019

    Lauren is so beautiful it hurts. That black dress??? That little dance she does at the end??? Yes I’m obsessed.

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    cassandra
    cassandra
    Nov 1, 2018

    lauren bacall smoking a cigarette lauren bacall saying the "whistle" line lauren bacall doing that little shimmy at the end lauren bacall

    376 Likes
    ashley
    ashley
    Jan 26, 2020

    what if we kiss in a noir but then fall in love for real 😱😱😱 (8/10 from 1944)

    310 Likes
    nora
    nora
  • Mar 28, 2016

    Something I've noticed... how much value is placed on friendship, and not just in this film, but in many of Hawks' films. Even lovers are primarily friends, you can imagine them hanging out without getting into each other pants, and they help each other out without a hidden…

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    Anna Imhof 🌸
    Anna Imhof 🌸
    Aug 10, 2019

    Lauren Bacall: "You know how to whistle, don't you? You just put your lips together... and blow." Me: (*to viewing companion*) "She's talking about blowjobs."

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    Will Sloan
    Will Sloan
    Feb 12, 2021

    The first of the Bogart Bacall pictures, and the last of them I have to see, this felt more like Hawks trying to recreate the magic of Casablanca than the noir I was expecting. It's parallels to Casablanca are obvious from the get go. Bogart in an exotic location…

    240 Likes
    Ethan Colburn
    Ethan Colburn
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    CvptvinHowdy
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    To Have and Have Not

    Good film, but not much stood out to me. Humphrey Bogart is a great actor but not particularly a favorite leading actor of mine. Lauren Bacall could've added more, but she played a non-interesting love interest. At least it wasn't boring, so there's more to like than not.

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    Mickerdoo
    Mickerdoo liked
    To Have and Have Not

    Easy to like a reluctant hero in Bogart. Bacall was something (not sure that something was a good singer, though). Eddie is the man.

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    kalina loved
    To Have and Have Not

    this is just casablanca with lauren bacall and im not complaining

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    🥰loved cute and funny and calm

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    Bogart has my bo-heart

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In many ways the ultimate Hawks film: clear, direct, and thoroughly brilliant.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How long is To Have and Have Not (1945)?
The movie is 1hr 40min long.
What's To Have and Have Not (1945) about?
During World War II, an American expatriate helps transport a French Resistance leader and his wife to Martinique while romancing a lounge singer.
Who's the cast of To Have and Have Not (1945)?
  • Humphrey Bogart as Harry 'Steve' Morgan
  • Walter Brennan as Eddie
  • Lauren Bacall as Marie 'Slim' Browning
  • Dolores Moran as Mme. Hellene de Bursac
  • Hoagy Carmichael as Cricket
  • Sheldon Leonard as Lt. Coyo
  • Walter Szurovy as Paul de Bursac
  • Marcel Dalio as Gerard aka Frenchy
  • Walter Sande as Johnson
  • Dan Seymour as Capt. M. Renard
Who's the director behind To Have and Have Not (1945)?
Howard Hawks directed To Have and Have Not (1945).