Originally Posted By: Beth E
I can't believe SC never started a thread on this yet. \:o \:\)

In World War II Casablanca, Rick Blaine, exiled American and former freedom fighter, runs the most popular nightspot in town. The cynical lone wolf Blaine comes into the possession of two valuable letters of transit. When Nazi Major Strasser arrives in Casablanca, the sycophantic police Captain Renault does what he can to please him, including detaining Czech underground leader Victor Laszlo. Much to Rick's surprise, Lazslo arrives with Ilsa, Rick's one time love. Rick is very bitter towards Ilsa, who ran out on him in Paris, but when he learns she had good reason to, they plan to run off together again using the letters of transit. Well, that was their original plan....
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I finally got to watch this yesterday. Santa was lovely enough to send this to me for Christmas. It's a vastly enjoyable, entertaining movie. You just want to play it again. Pun intended.

While some points of the movie left me puzzled. If Casablanca is not occupied, then why are the Germans there. And what did Rick do to get banished from America?

What you do you think Rick and Louis ended up doing after? Maybe opening a Hooters?


France's colonial empire included much of North Africa. Since the southern part of France was left unoccupied by the Germans, it was under the control of sympathetic French government run out of Vichy. The Vichy government controlled North Africa and allowed German activities.

Rick wasn't banished from America. He chose to leave rather than endure the legal heat which the character of was not stated in the movie as far as I remember.

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