Humphrey Bogart Warner Bros. wanted to cast the then much better known Edward G. Robinson for the film adaptation; however Leslie Howard, who played the protagonist in both the play and the film, insisted on Bogart being given the part. His breakthrough came in 1941 when his performances in "High Sierra" and "The Maltese Falcon" made him a star. His first true romantic lead role came in 1942's "Casablanca", breaking his typecasting as a gangster. He and Lauren Bacall starred together in "To Have and Have Not" (1944). After they married, she also played his love interest in "The Big Sleep" (1946),
You Can't Get Away with Murder of Taylor and Martin have a brief conversation before Martin, with his companion, walk away and the scene changes. You Can't Get Away with Murder You Can't Get Away with Murder is a 1939 crime drama starring Humphrey Bogart and Gale Page. The film was directed by Lewis Seiler and features "Dead End Kid" leader Billy Halop. The movie is one of Bogart's studio B pictures filmed before his famous breakthrough in "High Sierra" two years later. Alternate title for this film, "Chalked Out". In New York's Hell's Kitchen, young Johnny Stone (Billy Halop) goes against the advice of his