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"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."

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.

Release date: January 23, 1943 (USA)

Director: Michael Curtiz

Story by: Joan Alison, Murray Burnett

Producer: Hal B. Wallis

Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture