To Have and Have Not

To Have and Have Not is a 1937 novel by Ernest Hemingway about Harry Morgan, a fishing boat captain who runs contraband and guns between Cuba and Florida. It was based on an earlier story, "One Trip Across". Legend has it that Hemingway wrote the book as part of a contractual obligation and hated it.

Film adaptations

The 1944 film To Have and Have Not nominally based on the novel and directed by Howard Hawks, moved the story's setting from Key West to Martinique under the Vichy regime.

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1944 - To Have and Have Not - Howard Hawks - Key West - Martinique - Vichy regime

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The second film version, titled The Breaking Point (1950), was directed by Michael Curtiz and starred John Garfield. It shifted the action to southern California and made Garfield a former PT Boat captain.

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The Breaking Point - 1950 - Michael Curtiz - John Garfield - California - PT Boat

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Pauline Kael has claimed that the ending was used for John Huston's film Key Largo (1948), and that "One Trip Across" was made into The Gun Runners (1958).

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Pauline Kael - John Huston - Key Largo - 1948 - The Gun Runners - 1958

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