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. (fonte: imdb)

Il capitano Morgan accetta di collaborare con la Resistenza attirandosi le attenzioni delle autorità francesi locali.

A fisherman gets involved with the French resistance.

It desperately wants to be Casablanca, and it does a pretty good imitation. Meanwhile, Lauren Bacall.

Concept: B
Story: C
Characters: A
Dialog: A
Pacing: A
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: C
Acting: A
Music: A

Enjoyment: A

GPA: 3.4/4

(Sep. 2014) ( )

Ce film tourné en 1944 est né d'un pari entre Howard Hawks et Ernest Hemingway. Le réalisateur acheta à l'écrivain les droits du texte que ce dernier jugeait impossible à adapter au cinéma. H. Hawks eut raison de relever le pari; il apporta des modifications à l'histoire en associant William Faulkner à l'écriture du scénario (excusez du peu).
Ce film particulièrement viril (on y reconnaît le monde fier et sans peur de Hemingway) fut le témoin d'un coup de foudre en direct entre la star confirmée Humphrey Bogart et la toute jeune Lauren Bacall qui, à l'âge de 19 ans, allait lancer sa carrière avec son regard troublant et sa voix rauque inimitable. L'intrigue n'est pas particulièrement passionnante. L'intérêt du film réside plutôt dans le style du film, ses actions sèches et tendues et bien entendu, la rencontre d'un couple mythique du cinéma. ( )

While both actors keep all their clothes on and scarcely touch, the "All You Have to Do is Whistle" scene is the sexiest in film making history. Note the juxtaposition--I am not sure you can call it a collaboration--between Hemingway, who wrote the novel, and Faulkner, who adapted it to the screen. ( )