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| alt            = Black-and-white film screenshot with the title of the film in fancy font. Below it is the text "A Warner Bros. – First National Picture". In the background is a crowded nightclub filled with many people.
| alt            = Black-and-white film screenshot with the title of the film in fancy font. Below it is the text "A Warner Bros. – First National Picture". In the background is a crowded nightclub filled with many people.
| caption        = Theatrical release poster by [[Bill Gold]]
| caption        = Theatrical release poster by [[Bill Gold]]
| director      = [[Michael Curtiz]]
| director      = [[Person:Michael Curtiz|Michael Curtiz]]
| producer      = [[Hal B. Wallis]]
| producer      = [[Person:Hal B. Wallis|Hal B. Wallis]]
| screenplay    = {{Plain list|
| screenplay    = {{Plain list|
* [[Julius J. Epstein]]
* [[Julius J. Epstein]]
* [[Philip G. Epstein]]
* [[Philip G. Epstein]]
* [[Howard Koch (screenwriter)|Howard Koch]]
* [[Person: Howard Koch (screenwriter)|Howard Koch]]
}}
}}
| based_on      = {{Based on|''[[Everybody Comes to Rick's]]''|[[Murray Burnett]]|[[Joan Alison]]}}
| based_on      = {{Based on|''Everybody Comes to Rick's''|[[Murray Burnett]]|[[Joan Alison]]}}
| starring      = {{Plain list|
| starring      = {{Plain list|
* [[Humphrey Bogart]]
* [[Humphrey Bogart]]
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* [[Conrad Veidt]]
* [[Conrad Veidt]]
* [[Sydney Greenstreet]]
* [[Sydney Greenstreet]]
* [[Peter Lorre]]<ref name="Ebert1996">{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-casablanca-1942 |title=Great Movies: Casablanca |first=Roger |last=Ebert |publisher=[[RogerEbert.com]] |quote=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 |date=September 15, 1996 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811060754/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-casablanca-1942 |archive-date=August 11, 2015 }}</ref>
* [[Peter Lorre]]
}}
}}
| music          = [[Max Steiner]]
| music          = [[Max Steiner]]
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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--><ref>{{cite web|title=''Casablanca'' (U) |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/casablanca-4 |work=[[Warner Bros.]] |publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |date=December 17, 1942 |access-date=September 20, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921125536/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/casablanca-4 |archive-date=September 21, 2013 }}</ref>
| runtime        = 102 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 102:30-->
| country        = United States
| country        = United States
| language      = English
| language      = English
| budget        = $878,000<ref name="tom">Thomas Schatz, ''Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s'' Uni of California Press, 1999 p. 218</ref>–$1 million<ref name="warners">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 {{DOI|10.1080/01439689508604551}}</ref><ref name="Casa">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2957542913/|title=Casablanca|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=October 14, 2019}}</ref>
| budget        = $878,000
| 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
}}
}}
'''''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 [[w:romantic drama film|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|Murray Burnett]] and [[Person:Joan Alison|Joan Alison]]. The supporting cast features [[Person:Claude Rains|Claude Rains]], [[Person:Conrad Veidt|Conrad Veidt]], [[Person:Sydney Greenstreet|Sydney Greenstreet]], [[Person:Peter Lorre|Peter Lorre]], and [[Person:Dooley Wilson|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>

Latest revision as of 20:20, 19 March 2022

Casablanca
Black-and-white film screenshot with the title of the film in fancy font. Below it is the text "A Warner Bros. – First National Picture". In the background is a crowded nightclub filled with many people.
Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold
Directed byMichael Curtiz
Screenplay by
Based on
Everybody Comes to Rick's
by
Produced byHal B. Wallis
Starring
CinematographyArthur Edeson
Edited byOwen Marks
Music byMax Steiner
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release dates
  • November 26, 1942 (1942-11-26) (Hollywood Theatre)
  • January 23, 1943 (1943-01-23) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$878,000
Box office$3.7

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 Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. The supporting cast features Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Dooley Wilson.

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