To Have and Have Not (film) earlier 1939 Hawks film "Only Angels Have Wings" in which Jean Arthur says to Cary Grant, "I'm hard to get, Geoff. All you have to do is ask me." Warner Bros. released "To Have and Have Not" in October 11, 1944. Aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports 97% approval of "To Have or Have Not", with the critical consensus stated as, "With Howard Hawks directing and Bogey and Bacall in front of the cameras, "To Have and Have Not" benefits from several levels of fine-tuned chemistry -- all of which ignite on screen." The critical reception of "To Have and Have Not"
To Have and Have Not (film) a minor character in case she proved to be poor for the role. Furthman worked on the screenplay throughout January and February 1944 and recruited Cleve F. Adams and Whitman Chambers to help him with the work. He completed it before February 14, 1944. Joseph Breen read the script and cited three dozen instances which violated the Production Code, citing that Morgan was portrayed as an unpunished murderer and the women as suggested prostitutes. He stated that the characters must be softened, the studio must remove all suggestions of inappropriate sexual relations between men and women, and that murder must