To Have and Have Not (film) To Have and Have Not (film) To Have and Have Not is a 1944 American romance-war-adventure film directed by Howard Hawks, loosely based on Ernest Hemingway's 1937 novel of the same name; however, the story was altered for the film. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan and Lauren Bacall in her film debut; it also features Dolores Moran, Hoagy Carmichael, Sheldon Leonard, Dan Seymour, and Marcel Dalio. The plot centers on the romance between a freelancing fisherman in Martinique and a beautiful American drifter which is complicated by the growing French resistance in Vichy France. Ernest Hemingway and Howard Hawks
Lauren Bacall in the film noir genre with appearances with Humphrey Bogart in "The Big Sleep" (1946), "Dark Passage" (1947), and "Key Largo" (1948), and starred in the romantic comedies "How to Marry a Millionaire" (1953), with Marilyn Monroe and Betty Grable, as well as "Designing Woman" (1957), with Gregory Peck. She co-starred with John Wayne in his final film, "The Shootist" (1976), by Wayne's personal request. Bacall also worked on Broadway in musicals, earning Tony Awards for "Applause" (1970) and "Woman of the Year" (1981). She won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance