This is one of the most enjoyable movies I've ever seen. The chemistry between Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall is just so delightful to watch. It's easy to see why they became married later on. For this to be not only the first film with Humphrey & Lauren together but also the debut of Lauren altogether is an added bonus. Lauren is very witty & charming which made for a perfect fit for Bogie in not just this film but also the other films they've done together. Walter Brennan as Eddie was hysterical & was the comic relief that this film needed to give it an extra bit of flavor to an already great film. Of course Bogie was just as great as he usually is. As anyone who's reading this review can tell I absolutely love this film & is one of my all time favorites & I highly recommend anybody who hasn't seen this film should definitely see it.

Having never seen this particular vintage picture (from 1945) before today, I had certainly heard plenty about it from those who hold it up highly in a special, nostalgic fondness that they have for films which come from this so-called "Golden Era" in Hollywood movie-making history.Since this picture is now 70+ years old, I am really trying to be as fair as I can be with my rating and comments of it. But, the honest truth is, To Have And To Have Not was barely passable entertainment regardless of it starring Humphrey Bogart and its strategic position in film-making history.What also seriously influenced my lower score of this certain film was the glorification of the "Eddie" character who nothing but a useless, bungling drunk. I know that Eddie was being presented in the story as comic relief, but, from a modern perspective on the ways of a chronic alcoholic, I found Eddie's clueless, drunken shtick to be utterly repulsive in the worst possible way.All-in-all- This film did not come anywhere near to living up to the lofty position that it holds for itself in the realm of classic, Hollywood movie-making.

This film is nothing more than a quickie commercial vehicle for the main actors, using a borrowed plot. Bogie was a sure bet at the box office, and Bacall was promoted by her discoverer, Howard Hawks.It's a cheap remake of Casablanca, but ends up more like Jack Benny's "To Be Or Not To Be". In this one, the Greenstreet and Lorre characters were played by cheap doubles.Casablanca was a minor gem, where you really identified with all the characters and which left you feeling inspired about life, as you left the theatre.Don't get me wrong, it is also highly watchable just for the intriguing personalities of the star leads, but you end up as a voyeur contemplating more about their talents, careers, and private life, than you do about the borrowed plot. The rest of the cast were poorly developed and eminently forgettable stereotypes, as were the sets, especially, as another reviewer has pointed out, The Bar, supposedly an exotic locale, reeking of foreign intrigue, but it looks more lake a studio canteen at lunchtime.I give it 6 out of 10 for it's two stars.It's movies like this that makes Casablance so great.

Howard Hawks directed this WWII intrigue that stars Humphrey Bogart as expatriate American Harry Morgan, who owns a boat-for-hire service on the island of Martinique with his alcoholic partner Eddie(played by Walter Brennan). Since the outbreak of WWII, business has been poor, and after a big customer fails to pay, Harry is forced to give up his neutrality and transport a French resistance member to safety. Lauren Bacall plays Marie 'Slim' Browning, a nightclub singer that Harry develops a romance with, and also wants him to help the resistance, though this does get them in trouble with the Nazis... Famous for the first pairing of future husband & wife Bogart & Bacall, film is so similar to "Casablanca" that it feels like a remake! Still, this isn't bad, with some memorable lines.