‘To Have and Have Not’ opens in New York City 70 years ago today (Oct 11 1944)


Video: 'To Have and Have Not' (trailer)

(Wednesday, October 11, 1944)To Have and Have Not, a romance-war-adventure film that follows a skipper-for-hire’s romance with a beautiful drifter complicated by his growing involvement with the French resistance, opened today at the Hollywood in New York City.

Directed by Howard Hawks, the film starred Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Moran and Hoagy Carmichael.