Description
World War II Morocco springs to life in
Michael Curtiz's (THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY) classic love story. Colorful characters abound in Casablanca, a waiting room for Europeans trying to escape Hitler's war-torn Europe.
Humphrey Bogart plays Richard "Rick" Blaine, a cynical but good-hearted American whose café is the gathering place for everyone from the French Police to the black market to the Nazis. When his long-lost love, Ilsa (
Ingrid Bergman), surfaces in Casablanca with her Resistance leader husband, Victor Laszlo (
Paul Henreid), Rick is pulled into both a love triangle and a web of political intrigue. Ilsa and Victor need to escape from Casablanca, and Rick may be the only one who can help them. The question is, will he?
Top-notch performances include
Claude Rains as the chief of the French police and the major authority figure in Unoccupied France,
Peter Lorre as the doomed Senor Ugarte,
Sydney Greenstreet as Senor Ferrari, and
Dooley Wilson as Rick's loyal friend and the café's pianist, Sam. The mesmerizing musical score, by
Max Steiner, along with the well-structured plot, flawless acting, and unforgettable dialogue makes this one of the best films of all time.
Details
Released: Tue 7 Jun 2005
Catalogue Number: 65008
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- Art Director: Carl Jules Weyl
- Costume Designer: Orry-Kelly,
- Directors: Michael Courtice, Michael Curtiz, Michael Kertesz, Mihaly Kertesz
- Distributor: Warner Home Video
- Editor: Owen Marks
- Producers: Hal B. Wallis, Harold Brent Wallis, Jack Warner, Jack L. Warner
- Screenwriters: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch
- Subtitles: English, French
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Discs: 1
- Format: NTSC
- Layers: 1
- Release Year: 1942
- Running Time: 102 minutes
Availability
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