A charter boat captain operating out of Florida struggles to make ends meet as his debts mount up. He is drawn into a criminal scheme smuggling arms into Cuba, as the country is rocked by the first skirmishes of the revolution. Crime drama based on Ernest Hemingway's novel, starring Audie Murphy and Eddie Albert
It's not often that the same story is well-filmed three times around, but this cheaply made version of Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not is creditably close to Howard Hawks's adaptation in 1944 and Michael Curtiz's The Breaking Point in 1950. The key again is a skilled director, Don Siegel, who draws a surprisingly persuasive performance from Audie Murphy as the hard-up fishing boat captain. Patricia Owens is good as his caring wife, Everett Sloane excellent as his drunken assistant, and Eddie Albert outstanding as the treacherous gunrunner who hires his boat.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Sam Martin | Audie Murphy |
| Hanagan | Eddie Albert |
| Lucy Martin | Patricia Owens |
| Harvey | Everett Sloane |
| Eva | Gita Hall |
| Buzurki | Richard Jaeckel |
| Sy Phillips | Paul Birch |
| Arnold | Jack Elam |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Don Siegel |
