What kills Octopussy is the inane mixing of script directions. There's the great plot with the mad Orlov that we care about shoved into the inane Indian adventure B-movie script. The whole thing becomes tired and it is only by the talent of the crew and Moore that we can endure it with any sort of affection. That said it is good for what it is and Shakespeare compared to NSNA.
Passage to Marseille
A beyond stupidly put together war propaganda film that somehow still manages to work with a flashback in a flashback in a flashback in smaller flashbacks structure. And who in their right minds thought Bogie could play a disenchanted French patriot?? But Claude Rains has an eyepatch and there is some brilliant photography.
3 balls out of 4.
To Have and Have Not
When you look closely there is little to nothing in this film. The story is so slim that anything could wreck the single plot thread. But that isn't why people watch this film. This is little more than Howard Hawks making a hit picture out of nothing by retaining successful elements from Casablanca. But the reason why the film is timeless is simply that Bogie met Bacall. It is STILL sizzling nearly 70 years later.
4 balls out of 4.