
#123movies #fmovies #putlocker #gomovies #solarmovie #soap2day Watch Full Movie Online Free – Harry Morgan and his alcoholic sidekick, Eddie, are based on the island of Martinique and crew a boat available for hire. However, since the second world war is happening around them business is not what it could be and after a customer who owes them a large sum fails to pay they are forced against their better judgment to violate their preferred neutrality and to take a job for the resistance transporting a fugitive on the run from the Nazis to Martinique. Through all this runs the stormy relationship between Morgan and Marie “Slim” Browning, a resistance sympathizer and the sassy singer in the club where Morgan spends most of his days.
Plot: A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
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What makes it all work is the white hot chemistry between the two leads
A good movie with weird and wonderful touches. It’s not quite as good as its best scenes, but it’s got a quirky sense of humor and honor. Like Bacall calling Bogart “Steve” throughout the movie. Or Hoagy Carmichael’s odd musical numbers. Or the casting of Walter Brennan opposite Bogart – two more different styles of acting you will never find.What makes it all work is the white hot chemistry between the two leads.
A Weak Successor to “Casablanca”
I’ve never read Ernest Hemingway’s novel, but I’m aware that Hemingway felt this was his worst novel, and that apparently he and director Howard Hawks made some sort of wager that Hawks could turn this into a good movie. Sorry, but in my view, Hawks lost the wager. No doubt he had access to a great cast. Humphrey Bogart played the lead character of Harry Morgan – a fishing boat captain on the French island of Martinique during World War II who gets caught up in helping the French Resistance. The cast also featured Walter Brennan as his rummy sidekick Eddie, and this was Lauren Bacall’s film debut as Morgan’s love interest Slim. Even Hoagy Carmichael appears as the piano playing Cricket. So, the cast is great; the story unfortunately less so.To me, it came across as a weak successor to the previous year’s classic “Casablanca.” In that classic, Bogie dealt with the challenge of helping the French Resistance and dealing with the Vichy authorities in North Africa. The idea is the same here, with the action transferred to the French West Indies. But the story takes a very long time in developing – it takes about an hour before we really know what’s happening. That opening hour deals largely with Morgan’s business relationship with Mr. Johnson, who rented his boat for fishing – which really had little to do with the story as it finally developed, and – admittedly just my opinion – Lauren Bacall is not the world’s greatest singer! Where “Casablanca” provided an interesting study of the dilemma of French officials who had to choose between Vichy or de Gaulle, there was none of that here. The Vichy officials portrayed seem to have no hesitations or second thoughts about serving Vichy. In the end, everything seemed to fall together far too easily. There was no great build-up of suspense; neither was there any release of tension as it ended. It’s certainly worth watching for fans of Bogie and Bacall, but in all honesty it’s not a great movie.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 40 min (100 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 3650000
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller, War
Director Howard Hawks
Writer Ernest Hemingway (novel), Jules Furthman (screen play), William Faulkner (screen play)
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Moran
Country USA
Awards 3 wins.
Production Company Warner Brothers
Website N/A
Sound Mix Mono (RCA Sound System)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera Mitchell BNC Camera
Laboratory Warner Bros. Studio Laboratory, USA
Film Length 2,795 m (Netherlands)
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman Plus-X 1231, Super XX 1232)
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Eastman 1302)