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Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about To Have and Have Not |
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This is the movie that brought Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall together.
Bogart plays Steve Morgan, an American on the island of Martinique who makes money by fishing and renting out his boat for hire. He works with his alcoholic best buddy, Eddie, and the two live in a nearby hotel. It's the year 1940 and the Vichy government - a puppet of the Nazis - has just risen to power in France. A resistance movement, the Free French, has also sprung up, and the manager of the hotel that Morgan is staying in wants him to participate in a secret mission to get two resistance fighters onto Martinique. But Morgan claims that he's a neutral man, looking out only for himself (very much like Bogart's character in Casablanca).
But then two things happen. Morgan meets Marie (or as he calls her, "Slim") at the hotel bar one night and the two run afoul of Vichy agents, who take away all their money. That's when Bogart decides he'll help the Free French. And that's when Marie decides she'll stick around, just to be with him.
--Esther, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- romance (general)
War impact on civilians/veterans
Yes
Kind of conflict:
- war, WW II
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- The Caribbean
Water?
Yes
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
Is this movie based on a
- book
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