Actor Humphrey Bogart (1899)

The film noir, The Desperate Hours (1955), stars Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March and was both produced and directed by William Wyler. It is based on Joseph Hayes’ novel and play of the same name, released in 1954 and 1955 respectively. In the movie, Glenn Griffin leads a trio of escaped convicts who invade a suburban home in Indianapolis at random. They hold the Hilliard family, who reside in the house, hostage while waiting for a package from Griffin’s ...

The American film noir crime drama, Key Largo (1948), was directed by John Huston and starred Humphrey Bogart. Frank McCloud, an army veteran, arrives at the Hotel Largo in Key Largo, Florida to visit the family of his late comrade George Temple, who served under him during the Italian campaign. At the hotel owned by George’s father James, Frank meets with George’s widow Nora and comes to know that due to the end of the winter vacation season and an approaching hurricane, there are only six guests staying at the hotel: Toots who is suave, Curly who is rude, ...

To Have and Have Not (1944) is a romantic war adventure film directed by Howard Hawks, loosely based on Ernest Hemingway’s 1937 novel of the same name. The story follows Harry Morgan, a world-weary man operating a sport-fishing boat called the Queen Conch in Fort-de-France, Martinique during the summer of 1940. The island is now under the control of pro-German Vichy France after the fall of France. Despite this, Harry continues to make a decent living by chartering his boat to tourists with the help of his friend Eddie, who has fallen into alcoholism. However, ...

Casablanca (1942) is a romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz. The main characters, played by Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid, find themselves in the city of Casablanca during World War II. Rick Blaine, an American expatriate who runs ‘Rick’s Café Américain’, welcomes all types of patrons to his club – Vichy French officials, Nazi Germans, refugees seeking a way to the United States, and those looking to take advantage of ...

The American film noir, The Maltese Falcon (1941), follows a San Francisco private detective as he navigates the schemes of three immoral adventurers who are all vying for possession of a valuable falcon statuette. Directed and written by John Huston in his debut as a director, the movie is based on Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 novel of the same name. At the start of the film, Spade and Archer take on a new case when Ruth Wonderly arrives seeking assistance in finding her sister, who has supposedly run off to San Francisco with a man named Floyd Thursby. After ...