This is one of the best films ever made. Period. If you've never seen it (ahem, Christy) I hope you make a point of rectifying that immediately.Rick (Humphrey Bogart) is an American expatriate living in Casablanca, Morocco. Refugees from WWII-torn Europe fill the city trying to beg, borrow, or sleep their way into getting exit visas to Lisbon, Portugal in order to get to the USA. Rick stays out of the trade, his neutrality making his bar all the more popular for smugglers, refugees, and cops. But when Rick's old flame, Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) shows up with Victor Lazlo (Paul Henreid), a hero of the Underground, looking for an escape from the Gestapo, Rick finds his air of detachment sorely tested.
What is there left to say about this movie? It defines the word classic and remains one of the greatest romances in history.
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