TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944)

Special Features: Intro by Film Noir Foundation founder and TCM host Eddie Muller on Oct. 10

“You know how to whistle, don't you Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.” Lauren Bacall’s sultry come-ons to Humphrey Bogart made her a star overnight and began one of Hollywood’s great on- and off-screen love affairs. Bogart plays Harry Morgan, an American fishing boat captain in 1940 Martinique, unconcerned about when and from where his next dollar is coming but unwilling to take chances running local French resistance fighters on dangerous nighttime missions. Bacall plays Marie, a woman with a shady past and fierce instincts for self-preservation, whom Morgan falls for. The film famously bears little resemblance to Ernest Hemingway’s source novel and a conspicuous one to the then-recent Bogart smash hit CASABLANCA. Intriguingly, Harry and Marie almost exclusively refer to each other as “Steve” and “Slim” — the nicknames used by director Howard Hawks and his then-wife, Nancy. DIR/PROD Howard Hawks; SCR Jules Furthman, William Faulkner, from the novel by Ernest Hemingway. U.S., 1944, b&w, 100 min. NOT RATED

Run Time: 100 Minutes

Opening Date: Saturday, October 10, 2026

Genre: Film noir

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