Divorce Casablanca Style 

Rick helps a Muslim woman, whose husband divorced her verbally because of him, become a local guide, but then she gets falsely accused of cheating on her husband with Rick, which carries a death penalty.

Director:

Robert Lewis

Writers:

Joan Alison (play), Murray Burnett (play)

Stars:

David Soul, Hector Elizondo, Reuven Bar-Yotam

Cast

Episode credited cast:
David Soul	...	Rick Blaine
Hector Elizondo	...	Captain Louis Renault
Reuven Bar-Yotam	...	Ferrari
Ray Liotta	...	Sacha
Scatman Crothers	...	Sam
Arthur Malet	...	Carl
Kai Wulff	...	Lt. Heinz
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Terry Alexander
Ben Astar
Daniel Dayan
John H. Francis	...	(as John Francis)
Rozelle Gayle
Emile Hamaty
Patrick Hogan
Elias Jacob

Storyline

When a Muslim man slaps his wife while visiting Rick's cafe, Rick intervenes...and starts a chain of events that neither he did not foresee. A presumed divorce--did it or did it not happen?--a Muslim woman acting like a Western woman, and the disruption and interference of a westerner (Rick) into Muslim traditions leads to charges of adultery. This against a backdrop of the German's using the woman's friendship with Rick to find evidence of his involvement of smuggling guns to Ethiopia.

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Plot Keywords:

female guide | divorced woman | sexism | divorced muslim woman | woman standing up for herself | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | War

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 September 1983 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 20, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1