To Have and Have Not (film) including and following the revisions. Because of the contributions from both Hemingway and Faulkner, the film represents the only film story on which two winners of the Nobel Prize of Literature worked. Filming began on February 29, 1944 as Faulkner worked on the script, ending on May 10. The film released nationally on October 11, 1944. Audience reception of the film was generally good, with most film critics claiming the film was a remake of "Casablanca" (1942). These reviews were mixed, either praising or condemning the film in comparison to "Casablanca". Critics specifically mentioned Lauren Bacall's performance or the chemistry
To Have and Have Not (film) as noir, made during the first or "wartime" period of film noir. Some other scholars categorize the film as noir, while some don't believe Howard Hawks ever made a true "noir". The names of the characters in "To Have and Have Not" are directly related to the quality of the characters. Characters which are meant to elicit sympathy from the viewer are known by their nicknames: Steve, Slim, Eddie, Frenchy, and Cricket. In this way, Hawks creates the illusion of a character by devoiding it of past and present social roles that may be associated with a surname. Villains or