To Have and Have Not on 15 October 1937 to a first edition print-run of approximately 10,000 copies. Cosmopolitan Magazine published a section of the novel as "One Trip Across" in 1934; Esquire Magazine published a section as "The Tradesman's Return" in 1936. The novel was adapted into a 1944 film, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. The film, directed by Howard Hawks, changed the story's setting from Key West to Martinique under the Vichy regime, and made significant alterations to the plot, including getting rid of Hemingway's Marxist overtones, and turning the story into a romantic thriller centering on the sparks going on between
To Have and Have Not (film) This quote is ranked at #34 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes list. "To Have and Have Not" is noted for its similarity to earlier films "Casablanca" (1942) and "Morocco" (1930) and "Across the Pacific" (1942). There are some similarities to the plot of the earlier "Casablanca" (1942). Other changes tended in the same direction, such as the introduction of a sympathetic piano player as an important supporting character. Carmichael's Cricket was not in the Hemingway book, and parallels Dooley Wilson's Sam in "Casablanca". Several cast members from "Casablanca" also appear in the film; apart from Bogart and Dalio (Emil