To Have and Have Not
by Ernest Hemingwayliterary work· published 1937
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This 1936 novel tells the story of an American fishing boat skipper who dabbles in a little smuggling to make ends meet. In need of money for his family the captain reluctantly becomes agrees to smuggle a group of Chinese immigrants from Cuba to Florida. This is Hemingway’s only novel to be set in the United States.
Adaptations (4)
To Have and Have Not has been adapted into 4 films, from 1944 to 1987. The most recent is Captain Khorshid (1987).
To Have and Have Not1944 · film · 100 min · dir. Howard Hawks · IMDb ↗A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
The Gun Runners1958 · film · 83 min · dir. Don Siegel · IMDb ↗IMDb6.3Remake 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.
Captain Khorshid1987 · film · 118 min · dir. Nasser Taghvai · IMDb ↗IMDb7.4Captain Khorshid is a sailor who although only having one hand, manages to sail his little boat. In his village, due to its hot climate and hard living conditions, dangerous criminals are sent into exile. They want to escape from the area, so they ask a middleman to strike a deal with Khorshid. Khorshid is asked to illegally take them out of the country with his boat. At first he is reluctant, but because of the hardships of living he accepts the job.
