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Synopsis: Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), who owns a nightclub in Casablanca, discovers his old flame Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) is in town with her husband, Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid). Laszlo is a famed rebel, and with Germans on his tail, Ilsa knows Rick can help them get out of the country.
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Director(s): Michael Curtiz
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Won 3 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.5
Metacritic:
100
Rotten Tomatoes:
97%
PG
Year:
1942
102 min
Website
876,261 Views


TONELLI:

Captain Tonelli, the Italian

service, at your command, Major.

STRASSER:

That is kind of you.

But Tonelli gets no further than that as Strasser turns

again to Renault. They walk away from the plane, Heinze

following, with Casselle and Tonelli bringing up the rear,

engaged in a heated exchange of words.

RENAULT:

You may find the climate of

Casablanca a trifle warm, Major.

STRASSER:

Oh, we Germans must get used to all

climates, from Russia to the Sahara.

But perhaps you were not referring

to the weather.

RENAULT:

(sidesteps the implication

with a smile)

What else, my dear Major?

STRASSER:

(casually)

By the way, the murder of the

couriers, what has been done?

RENAULT:

Realizing the importance of the

case, my men are rounding up twice

the usual number of suspects.

HEINZE:

We already know who the murderer is.

STRASSER:

Good. Is he in custody?

RENAULT:

Oh, there is no hurry. Tonight

he'll be at Rick's. Everybody

comes to Rick's.

STRASSER:

I have already heard about this

cafe, and also about Mr. Rick

himself.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. RICK'S CAFE - NIGHT

The neon sign above the door is brightly lit. Customers

arrive and go in through the front door. From inside we

hear sounds of MUSIC and LAUGHTER. The song is "It Had

to Be You."

Again we isolate on the neon sign.

INSERT SIGN:
"Rick's Cafe Americain" .

We follow a group of customers inside.

INT. RICK'S CAFE - MAIN ROOM - NIGHT

Rick's is an expensive and chic nightclub which definitely

possesses an air of sophistication and intrigue.

SAM, a middle-aged Negro, sits on a stool before a small,

salmon-colored piano on wheels, playing and singing while

accompanied by a small orchestra.

All about him there is the HUM of voices, CHATTER and

LAUGHTER.

The occupants of the room are varied. There are Europeans

in their dinner jackets, their women beautifully begowned

and be jeweled. There are Moroccans in silk robes. Turks

wearing fezzes. Levantines. Naval officers. Members of

the Foreign Legion, distinguished by their kepis.

Two men sit at a table.

MAN:

Waiting, waiting, waiting. I'll

never get out of here. I'll die in

Casablanca .

His companion seems uninterested in his dilemma. Sympathy

is evidently in short supply in Casablanca.

At another table a very well-dressed WOMAN talks to a

MOOR. She has a bracelet on her wrist. No other jewelry.

WOMAN:

But can't you make it just a little

more? Please.

MOOR:

I'm sorry, Madame, but diamonds are

a drug on the market . Everybody

sells diamonds. There are diamonds

everywhere. Two thousand, four

hundred.

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Julius J. Epstein

Julius J. Epstein (August 22, 1909 – December 30, 2000) was an American screenwriter, who had a long career, best remembered for his screenplay – written with his twin brother, Philip, and Howard E. Koch – of the film Casablanca (1942), for which the writers won an Academy Award. It was adapted from an unpublished play, Everybody Comes to Rick's, written by Murray Bennett and Joan Alison. more…

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