Overview

In this thinly-veiled, though uncredited, new version of Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not," here a prospective series pilot, an ex-sailor living in Key West, chartering out boats and struggling to forget his past, is lured into a dangerous rendezvous with Cuban gunrunners.

Cast

John Savage, Meg Foster, Chris Burke, Liane Langland, Andrew Robinson, J.A. Preston, George Dickerson, Castulo Guerra

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What is "Desperate" about?

In this thinly-veiled, though uncredited, new version of Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not," here a prospective series pilot, an ex-sailor living in Key West, chartering out boats and struggling to forget his past, is lured into a dangerous rendezvous with Cuban gunrunners.

When was "Desperate" released?

Desperate was released in 1987.

Who stars in "Desperate"?

The cast includes John Savage, Meg Foster, Chris Burke, Liane Langland.