Casablanca
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To Have and Have Not
A smoky, slow-burning wartime romance where wit and danger drift together like cigarette smoke in a crowded bar.
About 1944 film by Howard Hawks
Genres drama, film noir, adventure, war, romance
Directed by Howard Hawks
Written by Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Jules Furthman
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan, Hoagy Carmichael, Aldo Nadi, Marcel Dalio, Sheldon Leonard, Ron Randell
Music Franz Waxman, William Lava
Runtime 96 min
Country United States
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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