Having seen Hawks’ “The Big Sleep” I had high expectations for this, the film that kicked off 17-year-old Lauren Bacall’s career. Her acting off Humphrey Bogart is nothing short of marvelous, especially considering this as her debut on the silver screen. Their two characters jump off the screen as quite different and at the same time the same, as they make their own way in the world and seemingly are attracted to each-other by being too alike not to. I find the plot akin to that of “Casablanca”, but not too much; Morgan (Bogart) is a free agent type of person with an alcoholic sidekick. They run through life on the island of Martinique during WW2 by letting tourists fish on Morgan’s boat. Browning (Bacall) drops down, seemingly from nowhere and things start to conspire as Morgan tries to get hold of money that a tourist owes him. Entertaining dialogue, tight direction, great music and atmosphere and above all, wonderful acting and brilliant script at times. Highly recommendable just for the atmosphere brought in, which is not easily found in films made today.