To Have and Have Not

"To Have and Have Not" (1937) is an interesting, fast-paced and harsh narrative about a fisherman from Florida—Harry Morgan—who calmly makes a living. But by the will of fate, he becomes a smuggler. Saving Chinese illegal immigrants from certain death, he draws their anger toward himself. During an ordinary trip with a cargo of whiskey, he loses an arm and his boat.
But there is no law that people should starve, and Harry takes it upon himself again to transport the illegals. This time the passengers are Cubans who robbed a bank. Good Lord, Harry thinks, so to help people they rob them—and while doing so they kill other ordinary people. Everyone has gone mad. Harry realizes that after the smuggling job is finished, the Cubans will kill him. The only way out is to attack first.