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| distributor = Warner Bros. | | distributor = Warner Bros. | ||
| released = {{Film date|1942|11|26|[[Hollywood Theatre (New York)|Hollywood Theatre]]|1943|1|23|United States}} | | released = {{Film date|1942|11|26|[[Hollywood Theatre (New York)|Hollywood Theatre]]|1943|1|23|United States}} | ||
| runtime = 102 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 102:30-- | | runtime = 102 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 102:30--> | ||
| country = United States | | country = United States | ||
| language = English | | language = English | ||
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| gross = $3.7<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/variety153-1944-01#page/n51/mode/2up "Top Grossers of the Season", ''Variety'', 5 January 1944 p. 54] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317201241/http://www.archive.org/stream/variety153-1944-01 |date=March 17, 2017 }}</ref>–6.9 million<ref name="warners" /> | | gross = $3.7<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/variety153-1944-01#page/n51/mode/2up "Top Grossers of the Season", ''Variety'', 5 January 1944 p. 54] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317201241/http://www.archive.org/stream/variety153-1944-01 |date=March 17, 2017 }}</ref>–6.9 million<ref name="warners" /> | ||
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'''''Casablanca''''' is a 1942 American [[romantic drama film]] directed by [[Person:Michael Curtiz]], and starring [[Person:Humphrey Bogart]], [[Person:Ingrid Bergman]], and [[Person:Paul Henreid]]. Filmed and set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) or helping her and her husband (Henreid), a Czech resistance to Nazi occupation leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against Nazi Germany. The screenplay is based on ''Everybody Comes to Rick's'', an unproduced stage play by [[Person:Murray Burnett]] and [[Person:Joan Alison]]. The supporting cast features [[Person:Claude Rains]], [[Person:Conrad Veidt]], [[Person:Sydney Greenstreet]], [[Person:Peter Lorre]], and [[Person:Dooley Wilson]]. | '''''Casablanca''''' is a 1942 American [[romantic drama film]] directed by [[Person:Michael Curtiz|Michael Curtiz]], and starring [[Person:Humphrey Bogart|Humphrey Bogart]], [[Person:Ingrid Bergman|Ingrid Bergman]], and [[Person:Paul Henreid|Paul Henreid]]. Filmed and set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) or helping her and her husband (Henreid), a Czech resistance to Nazi occupation leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against Nazi Germany. The screenplay is based on ''Everybody Comes to Rick's'', an unproduced stage play by [[Person:Murray Burnett]] and [[Person:Joan Alison]]. The supporting cast features [[Person:Claude Rains]], [[Person:Conrad Veidt]], [[Person:Sydney Greenstreet]], [[Person:Peter Lorre]], and [[Person:Dooley Wilson]]. | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
* <span class="noprint plainlinks purgelink">[{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=purge}} Clear Cache ("purge")]</span> | * <span class="noprint plainlinks purgelink">[{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=purge}} Clear Cache ("purge")]</span> | ||
Revision as of 02:05, 26 February 2022
| Casablanca | |
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 Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold | |
| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
| Screenplay by | |
| Based on | |
| Produced by | Hal B. Wallis |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Edited by | Owen Marks |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $878,000[2]–$1 million[3][4] |
| Box office | $3.7[5]–6.9 million[3] |
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid. Filmed and set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) or helping her and her husband (Henreid), a Czech resistance to Nazi occupation leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against Nazi Germany. The screenplay is based on Everybody Comes to Rick's, an unproduced stage play by Person:Murray Burnett and Person:Joan Alison. The supporting cast features Person:Claude Rains, Person:Conrad Veidt, Person:Sydney Greenstreet, Person:Peter Lorre, and Person:Dooley Wilson.
See Also
- ↑ Ebert, Roger (September 15, 1996). "Great Movies: Casablanca". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
Bogart, Bergman and Paul Henreid were stars, and no better cast of supporting actors could have been assembled on the Warners lot than Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet, Claude Rains and Dooley Wilson
- ↑ Thomas Schatz, Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s Uni of California Press, 1999 p. 218
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Warner Bros financial information in "The William Shaefer Ledger". See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television (1995) 15:sup 1, 1–31 p. 23 Template:DOI
- ↑ "Casablanca". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- ↑ "Top Grossers of the Season", Variety, 5 January 1944 p. 54 Archived March 17, 2017, at the Wayback Machine