To Have and Have Not

from my 100 Popular Movies Marathon, part 38 of 100



To Have and Have Not, 1944. A fisherman gets involved with the French resistance.

Directed by Howard Hawks. Written by Jules Furthman, & William Faulkner, based on a book by Ernest Hemingway. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, & Lauren Bacall, with Dolores Moran, Hoagy Carmichael, & Marcel Dalio.

Concept: B
Story: C
Characters: A
Dialog: A
Pacing: A
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: C
Acting: A
Music: A
Enjoyment: It desperately wants to be Casablanca, and it does a pretty good imitation. Meanwhile, Lauren Bacall. A

GPA: 3.4/4