To Have and Have Not

As adapted by William Faulkner and Jules Furthman, Hemingway's novel becomes a characteristically laconic and witty Hawksian romance, in which Bogart's fishing-boat captain, working the waters around Martinique during World War Two, discovers a sense of moral responsibility thanks to the love of a good and very strong-willed woman (Bacall). That the two leads fell in love during the making of the film is marvellously apparent, bringing both sexual chemistry and emotional depth to the stirring intrigue and adventure.