The read
A Balasaur Score of 62 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.3/10. It runs a compact 1h 23m. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled in gunrunning scheme to get money to pay off debts. Sort of a sea-going film noir with bad girl, smarmy villain, and the "innocent" drawn into wrong side of law by circumstances.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
19 audience votes
Key crew
- Don SiegelDirector
- Daniel MainwaringScreenplay
- Paul MonashScreenplay
- Leith StevensOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Audie MurphySam Martin
- Eddie AlbertHanagan
- Patricia OwensLucy Martin
- Richard JaeckelBlond Henchman on Boat
- Paul BirchSy Phillips
- Jack ElamArnold
- Lee StrasbergRhett
- Everett SloaneHarvey
- John QualenPop
- John A. AlonzoSoldier in Car (uncredited)
- Steve CarruthersGambler (uncredited)
- Roy EngelCaz (uncredited)
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Themes
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