To Have and Have Not (film) in "Casablanca"), Dan Seymour (Abdul in "Casablanca") plays Captain Renard, whose name and position parallel Captain Renault in "Casablanca". As in "Casablanca", Bogart's initially reluctant character assists husband-and-wife Resistance members. "To Have and Have Not" was adapted as an hour-long radio play for "Lux Radio Theater", with Bogart and Bacall reprising their screen roles. It was broadcast on October 14, 1946. Warner Brothers adapted the novel a second time with the film "The Breaking Point" (1950) directed by Michael Curtiz, who was also so credited for "Casablanca". This screenplay stayed closer to the novel; it bore little resemblance to the
The Big Sleep The Big Sleep The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles. The story is noted for its complexity, with characters double-crossing one another and secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. The title is a euphemism for death; it refers to a rumination about "sleeping the big sleep" in the final pages of the book. In 1999, the book was voted 96th of "Le Monde"s "100 Books of the