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Casablanca

  • 1942
  • PG
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
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Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)
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A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.

  • Director
    • Michael Curtiz
  • Writers
    • Julius J. Epstein
    • Philip G. Epstein
    • Howard Koch
  • Stars
    • Humphrey Bogart
    • Ingrid Bergman
    • Paul Henreid
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.5/10
    583K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    273
    536
    • Director
      • Michael Curtiz
    • Writers
      • Julius J. Epstein
      • Philip G. Epstein
      • Howard Koch
    • Stars
      • Humphrey Bogart
      • Ingrid Bergman
      • Paul Henreid
    • 1.5KUser reviews
    • 233Critic reviews
    • 100Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
  • Top rated movie #43
    • Won 3 Oscars
      • 13 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Humphrey Bogart
    Humphrey Bogart
    • Rick Blaine
    Ingrid Bergman
    Ingrid Bergman
    • Ilsa Lund
    Paul Henreid
    Paul Henreid
    • Victor Laszlo
    Claude Rains
    Claude Rains
    • Captain Louis Renault
    Conrad Veidt
    Conrad Veidt
    • Major Heinrich Strasser
    Sydney Greenstreet
    Sydney Greenstreet
    • Signor Ferrari
    Peter Lorre
    Peter Lorre
    • Ugarte
    S.Z. Sakall
    S.Z. Sakall
    • Carl
    • (as S.K. Sakall)
    Madeleine Lebeau
    Madeleine Lebeau
    • Yvonne
    • (as Madeleine LeBeau)
    Dooley Wilson
    Dooley Wilson
    • Sam
    Joy Page
    Joy Page
    • Annina Brandel
    John Qualen
    John Qualen
    • Berger
    Leonid Kinskey
    Leonid Kinskey
    • Sascha
    Curt Bois
    Curt Bois
    • Pickpocket
    Abdullah Abbas
    • Arab
    • (uncredited)
    Enrique Acosta
    • Guest at Rick's
    • (uncredited)
    Ed Agresti
    • Bar Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Arnet Amos
    • French Soldier
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    • Director
      • Michael Curtiz
    • Writers
      • Julius J. Epstein
      • Philip G. Epstein
      • Howard Koch
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Many of the actors who played the Nazis were in fact German Jews who had escaped from Nazi Germany.
    • Goofs
      (at around 37 mins) When Rick is getting drunk he ask Sam, "It's December 1941 in Casablanca, what time is it in New York?" After Sam replies, "My watch stopped," he goes on to say, "I'll bet they're asleep in New York. I'll bet they're asleep all over America." However, Rick is not referring to the actual time (noted by giving a month and year rather than a time) and is actually making reference to, in pre-Pearl Harbor America, most Americans are "asleep" when it comes to the war and fighting the Axis powers. This is an intentional attempt at a poetic reference, not a statement of fact.
    • Quotes

      Captain Renault: What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?

      Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.

      Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.

      Rick: I was misinformed.

    • Alternate versions
      As late as 1974, the references to an extra-marital affair were banned in Ireland. The Irish cut got rid of two important sequences. First, after Ilsa tells Rick that she had left him after finding out that Viktor was still alive, the embraces and dialogue that followed were cut. Second, the emotional dialogue at the end of the film from Ilsa's line "You're saying that only to make me go" to Rick's line "What I've got to do, you haven't any part of". This led to Irish audiences' being bemused by the relationship between Rick and Ilsa, and often interpreting Rick's final speech beginning "I'm no good at being noble" as a reflection on the debilitating effects of war.
    • Connections
      Edited into 77 Sunset Strip: The Secret of Adam Cain (1959)
    • Soundtracks
      La Marseillaise
      (1792) (uncredited)

      Written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

      Arranged by Max Steiner

      Played during the opening credits

      Sung by Madeleine Lebeau and others at Rick's

      Variations played often in the score

    User reviews1.5K

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    As time goes by, it's still one of the all-time greats...
    While my personal Bogey favorite is still his Sam Spade in 'The Maltese Falcon', his cynical nightclub owner, Rick, in 'Casablanca', is also a standout. Rather than some "off the cuff" comments, I'll quote instead from my article on Claude Rains (from March 2000 issue of CLASSIC IMAGES) that pretty well sums up the film:

    "It was 1943's 'Casablanca', bustling with melodramatic wartime intrigue, that really put him (Claude Rains) in the forefront as one of the screen's smoothest character actors, almost--but not quite--stealing the film from Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, as the uniformed Captain Louis Renault who investigates the goings-on at Rick's notorious cafe.

    Nobody associated with the film guessed that it would become a screen classic, least of all its director, Michael Curtiz, the prolific WB director to whom it was just another assignment. It went on to win the Oscar for Best Film of 1943 with an award for Curtiz' taut direction.

    Oddly enough, the film's memorable airport ending was written and conceived just shortly before filming wrapped up, with neither Bergman nor Bogart knowing whether or not she would leave him for husband Paul Henried. Wartime audiences loved the film. Sydney Greenstreet, Conrad Veidt, Victor Francen and Peter Lorre all gave sterling performances and Rains was again nominated for Best Supporting actor."

    And by the way, I disagree with a former comment indicating the black and white photography of this film was primitive as compared to today's. Incredible nonsense!! As a matter of fact, the film's black and white cinematography was nominated for an Oscar!

    Ingrid Bergman was at the peak of her radiant beauty in this one--and Bogey was firing on all six cylinders. Great chemistry!

    As time goes by, we still have 'Casablanca'...
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    • May 17, 2001

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    • Was Ronald Reagan originally cast as Rick?
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 23, 1943 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Facebook
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • German
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Everybody Comes to Rick's
    • Filming locations
      • Waterman Drive, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA(airport runway)
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $950,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $4,219,709
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $181,494
      • Apr 12, 1992
    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,627,053
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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