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Which writers created the romantic dialogue in To Have and Have Not?

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Howard Hawks stands at right, speaking with actors John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson in cowboy costumes on the set of the western film Rio Bravo. — Howard Hawks Howard Hawks (right) directing (from left to right) John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson in *Rio Bravo* (1959).

The romantic dialogue in the 1944 film To Have and Have Not was written by William Faulkner and Jules Furthman.12

While the film was loosely based on the 1937 novel by Ernest Hemingway, the screenplay diverged significantly from the source material to focus on the "sassy" and "steamy" romantic exchanges between the lead characters, played by Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.12