In the early years of World War II, December 1941, the Moroccan coastal city of Casablanca attracts people from all over the world, particularly Nazi-occupied Europe. Many are transients trying to get out of Europe; a few are just trying to make a buck. Most of them -- gamblers and refugees, Nazis, resistance fighters, and plain old crooks -- find their way to Rick's Café Américain, a swank nightclub owned by American expatriate Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart). Now embittered and cynical, professing to be neutral and detached: "I stick my neck out for nobody."

Rick has to deal with some unsavory characters on a daily basis, including Captain Renault (Claude Rains), a corrupt local official who enjoys Rick's company because he supposes that he's as crooked as he is. Then there's Major Strasser (Conrad Veidt), a high-ranking member of the Gestapo, who's out to find the man who murdered two German couriers for two letters of transit that will allow one lucky couple to get out of town. Strasser captures his man, but not before the letters are given to Rick for safekeeping.

Matters are complicated when two people show up at Rick's—Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), a leader of the Czech resistance against the Nazis, and his wife Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman). Turns out Ilsa was Rick's great love, who deserted him years ago just when he thought they were about to start their life together. Ilsa left after finding out that her husband was still alive and decided to stay with him instead.

Victor pleads with Rick to sell him the letters of transit, but because of his history with Ilsa, Rick stubbornly refuses to help them. Ilsa tries her own approach by turning a gun on Rick. She agrees to stay in Casablanca with Rick if he'll use one of the letters of transit to help Victor escape. Ilsa tells Rick ” I can't fight it anymore. I ran away from you once. I can't do it again. Oh, I don't know what's right any longer. You have to think for both of us.” “For all of us”. Rick says to her: “All right, I will..........”

Also starring:

Sydney Greenstreet, Signor Ferrari

Peter Lorre,               Ugarte

S. Z. Sakall,               Carl

Madeleine Lebeau,    Yvonne

Dooley Wilson,           Sam

Casablanca won three Academy Awards; Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay. Costumes (gowns) by perhaps one of Hollywood's best, Orry-Kelly.

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