History Film / ToHaveAndHaveNot

* {{Infodump}}: Half am hour in, during a WalkAndTalk scene, Harry explains the central conflict between the Vichy and the [[LaResistance Free French]] to Slim.

* SillyWalk: Eddie walks like he is desperately trying to make it to the toilet before he has an accident.[[note]]Walter Brennan does a similar walk in ''Film/RioBravo''.[[/note]]

* AdventureDuo: serious Harry and funny Eddie.

* Infodump: Half am hour in, during a WalkAndTalk scene, Harry explains the central conflict between the Vichy and the [[LaResistance Free French]] to Slim.

* FollowTheLeader: Though it's distinct on its own, the movie shares more than a few similarities with ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'', even some of the same cast members (Bogart, Dalio and Seymour).

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The famous "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow" line.

* NoodleIncident: We never learn why Marie left home.

* RecycledInSpace: Though it's distinct on its own, the movie shares more than a few similarities with ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'', even some of the same cast members (Bogart, Dalio and Seymour).

* {{Badass}}: Harry.

This was the first of four movies to co-star Bogart and Bacall, and it's on this film the two fell in love in real life. It's also based on a novel by ErnestHemingway, though he didn't think much of it, and actually bet Hawks he couldn't make a movie from it. It turned out to be a big hit with both critics and audiences, and is well regarded today.

* InNameOnly: The film is based on an Ernest Hemingway novel, but Hawks (and [[ExecutiveMeddling Warner Bros.]]) changed so much of it that it's virtually unrecognisable from its source.

* DawsonCasting: Inverted; Bacall was actually only 19 when she made this movie, younger than her mid-20's character.

* HonorBeforeReason: Subverted at first; though Harry is sympathetic towards Frenchy and his friends, he knows helping them will spell trouble for him. At the end, though, he decides to help no matter what the consequences.

* [[IronyAsSheIsCast Irony As He Is Cast]]: Humphrey Bogart, who in real life was a notorious drinker, playing the relatively sober character.

* NonSingingVoice: Averted; though an urban legend sprang up that Andy Williams actually dubbed Lauren Bacall's singing voice, it turned out Bacall did her own singing.

* RealitySubtext: Bogart and Bacall actually fell in love and started an affair (Bogart was married at the time) while filming.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The famous "You know to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow" line.

''To Have and Have Not'' is a drama set during WorldWarII, starring HumphreyBogart and LaurenBacall, and directed by HowardHawks.

* NotableOriginalMusic: All but one of the songs performed in the movie (particularly "How Little we Know") were co-written by Hoagy Carmichael, who plays Cricket, the piano player and leader of the music combo at the bar.

* RecycledInSpace: Though it's distinct on its own, the movie shares more than a few similarities with ''{{Casablanca}}'', even some of the same cast members (Bogart, Dalio and Seymour).

* RecycledInSpace: Though it's distinct on its own, the movie shares more than a few similarities with {{Casablanca}}, even some of the same cast members (Bogart, Dalio and Seymour).

This film contains examples of:

* ThoseWackyNazis: A little more subdued than usual (no uniforms or Nazi salutes), but just as menacing; when Johnson and Harry are walking back from the boat, Johnson notices the Vichy flag flying and makes a remark, whereupon an official who overhears it follows them and demands both of their names and addresses for criticizing the government.

* DawsonCasting: Subverted; Bacall was actually only 19 when she made this movie, younger than her mid-20's character.

* RunningGag: "Was you ever bit by a dead bee?"

Harry Morgan is an expatriate fishing boat captain living in Martinique, which is controlled by the French Vichy government, which of course at the time supported [[ThoseWackyNazis the Nazis]]. He and his partner Eddie (Walter Brennan) take an American businessman named Johnson out fishing, and are unsuccessful, due to Johnson's poor ability. When they get back to the hotel they're staying at, Johnson promises to pay Morgan the money he owes him the next morning, when he gets to go to the bank. At the hotel, the owner, Frenchy (Marcel Dalio) tells Morgan some friends of his want to hire him, but knowing it's part of the resistance movement Frenchy belongs to, Morgan turns him down, even when Frenchy's friends approach him. Also at the hotel, Morgan ends up meeting Marie (Bacall), another expatriate, and they immediately become attracted to one another. She also ends up stealing Johnson's wallet, which is how Morgan finds out Johnson actually had enough money in traveler's checks to pay him, but was planning to skip town. When Morgan confronts him, Johnson sheepishly starts to sign over the traveler's checks when a shootout happens between Frenchy's friends and the police. Two of Frenchy's friends escape, but the others are killed, and Johnson is also caught in the crossfire and killed. Captain Renard (Dan Seymour), the head Gestapo in the area, brings Morgan and Marie in for questioning; he's satisfied for the moment they had nothing to do with the resistance men, but insists on taking Morgan's passport and his money, even the money Morgan had taken from Johnson (since he died before signing the checks).

With no money, Morgan reluctantly agrees to accept the job Frenchy and his friends wanted him to do, which was pick up a Resistance member from another island. Knowing he'll get the worst of it if he's caught, Morgan buys Marie a plane ticket so she'll leave, and insults Eddie so he won't come along. However, they both end up disobeying him; Marie gets a job singing at the hotel, and Eddie stows away on the trip. Morgan ends up picking up Paul, the Resistance member, as well as his wife Helene, but a patrol boat spots them. They end up getting away, but a sniper on the boat is able to wound Paul in the shoulder area. Morgan is called on to do surgery on Paul's shoulder, and he must also outwit the Gestapo, who are asking questions about that night.

* TheAlcoholic: Eddie, big time.
* BerserkButton: Morgan is generally a genial person, unless you insult Eddie or hit a woman, especially Marie. Then watch out.

* {{Expy}}: Marie was based on Hawks' real-life wife at the time, including the fact Morgan often calls her "Slim".

* InSeriesNickname: Morgan and Marie never call each other by their names; he calls her "Slim" (see {{Expy}} above), and she calls him "Steve" (possibly because it's short for stevedore, which he is).
* MeaningfulEcho: Eddie explains the part about why he thinks getting bitten by a dead bee is dangerous to Frenchy's friends and an amused Marie. Near the end of the movie, when Morgan tells Eddie Marie is coming along with them, Eddie's none too thrilled, until Marie quotes the speech back to him. Then he decides she's all right.

With no money, Morgan reluctantly agrees to accept the job Frenchy and his friends wanted him to do, which was pick up a Resistance member from another island. Knowing he'll get the worst of it if he's caught, Morgan tells Marie to leave.