The story of the making of ""To Have and Have Not"" (1944) is an exciting one, ranging from the widely reported romance between its stars, Humphrey Bogart and the unknown nineteen-year-old Lauren Bacall, to some of the more subtle aspects of the wartime alliance between the United States and the Batista regime in Cuba. Kawin's introduction leads us to a fuller appreciation of one of Hollywood's most memorable films. This is also a story of a collaboration among four important writers: Emest Hemingway, Howard Hawks, Jules Furthman, and William Faulkner.
