To Have and Have Not

1944 • dir Howard Hawks w/Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan, Dolores Moran, Hoagy Carmichael • 100 min • 35mm

More a tale of wartime intrigue a la Casablanca and less of a noir per se (though Walter Brennan’s entreaty to be careful of dead bees could serve as a warning to many noir protagonists), TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT nonetheless shows signs of leaning towards the dark side, with Bacall as a beautiful drifter and Bogie as an aloof tough guy.