Casablana (1942) Revisit

Dana and Tom revisit Dana's selection for the third season, Casablanca (1942): directed by Michael Curtiz, written by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, and Peter Lorre.

Plot Summary: With the outbreak of war in Europe, refugees make their way to Casablanca in French Morocco, attempting to obtain visas which will allow them to travel to Lisbon and eventually America. Two such visas or letters of transit-obtained under questionable circumstances-end up in the hands of Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), an American running the most popular cafe in Casablanca. When Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), a resistance leader to the German war effort in Europe, shows up with his wife Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) attempting to secure the letters to escape the clutches of the Vichy French Police Captain Louis Renault and Major Heinrich Strasser of the SS, Rick is forced to relive his heartbreak over Ilsa all over again. Caught between helping Laszlo escape and wanting to rekindle his affair with Ilsa, Rick is forced to choose between his own happiness and the fate of the world.

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