To Have and Have Not:
Howard Hawks production of Ernest Hemingway’s novel did not so much transcend or improve upon its original, as it used the novel loosely as the basis for a romantic vehicle for Bogart.
As Morgan, the strong-willed professional fisherman who’s forced to tangle with some pro-Vichy hoods in Martinique, B gave a perf reminiscent of Casablanca, cynical, skeptical, but open to moral judgment when the chips are down.
His scenes with Bacall were the most arresting in the film. Their air of sexual candor, tinged with amusement and irony.
None of thie rother 3 films was as good as To Have.
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