Big Sleep / To Have and Have Not (2-DVD)

Starring: Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall Director: Howard Hawks & John Huston

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THE BIG SLEEP: Raymond Chandler's first novel introduced private detective Philip Marlowe, and the film adaptation set the standard for private detective movies. Down-at-the-heels private eye Marlowe gets the assignment to clean up after the daughters of a dying millionaire, but dead people have a nasty habit of trailing in their wake. The famously tortuous story line (Director Howard Hawks supposedly asked Chandler to clarify a plot point about the murder of the family chauffeur; the novelist hadn't a clue as to who did the deed) seems beside the point when Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall are onscreen. The final release was recut to include more of their scenes together. A must! Remade in 1978.

TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT: A 40-something Humphrey Bogart and a novice named Lauren Bacall might have seemed like an odd pairing on paper, but their chemistry in TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT ignites the screen. Howard Hawks directs this classic about a jaded American fisherman (Bogart) who risks his life to help a group of French freedom fighters and a sultry young woman (Bacall) with whom he falls in love. The fascinating setting (Vichy-controlled Martinique during the Second World War), the source material (Ernest Hemingway's 1937 novel), and a screenplay co-written by a literary master (William Faulkner) all take a backseat to the on- and off-screen romance between the two legends. TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT is perhaps most memorable for the 19-year-old Bacall seducing Bogart (and audiences) with her lesson on whistling.

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Based On A Novel | Betrayal | Classic | Compilation | Crime | Drama

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