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When Laszlo unexpectedly shows up, having narrowly escaped a police raid on a Resistance meeting, Rick has waiter Carl spirit Ilsa away. Laszlo, aware of Rick's love for Ilsa, tries to persuade him to use the letters to take her to safety.
The star-crossed lovers at the centre of the film, Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) and Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman), almost definitely aren't Jewish and they're certainly not played by Jewish actors, nor are Claude Rains' Captain Renault or Paul Henreid's Victor Lazlo.
- So What Happens in Casablanca Again? It's December 1941 in Casablanca, Morocco. The city is under Vichy rule, headed by the cheerfully corrupt chief of police, Louis Renault (Claude Rains).
- Here's Looking at You, Kid. Going into the final scene, Rick has it all set up so Captain Renault thinks he's going to betray Laszlo and use the letters to take Ilsa away to America.
- Round Up the Usual Suspects. As the plane is about to leave, Major Strasser arrives on Renault's tip off. Strasser tries to stop the plane by phoning the radio tower, but Rick shoots him dead.
- A Beautiful Friendship. Renault clearly plans to go to Brazzaville with Rick, using the 10,000 francs he owes him from their bet on Laszlo's escape as expenses.
Casablanca: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains. 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.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Michael Curtiz
- 1943-01-23
May 27, 2023 · Laszlo is, after all, a beacon of hope for those fighting the Nazis. At the same time, he came to the conclusion that Laszlo needed Ilsa, and, thus, that she should leave Casablanca...
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Dec 17, 2017 · In the original Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart's character (right) tells a policeman (Claude Rains) that a resistance fighter (Paul Henreid, left) is on the run from the Nazis. In the German...
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Feb 16, 2017 · The Vichy police prefect Captain Louis Renault (Claude Rains) warns Rick not to intervene on behalf of the weasel-like Ugarte (Peter Lorre), suspected of murdering two German couriers carrying letters of transit priceless to anyone seeking to flee Casablanca.
