Casablanca

As part of TCM’s Big Screen Classics series in collaboration with Fathom Events, Ben Mankiewicz introduces Casablanca.

Robert Osborne's first introduction of Casablanca, originally airing in 1994 and provided as a part of TCM Backlot.

American saloon keeper Rick (Humphrey Bogart) on the town, discusses stolen goods with rival and black marketeer Ferrari (Sydney Greenstreet), then shares a steely encounter with ex-girlfriend Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), who turned up unexpectedly the previous evening, in Casablanca, 1942.

Original promo for the appearance of acclaimed thriller writer Lee Child, as TCM's Guest Programmer for December, 2012, appearing with Robert Osborne starting at 8pm ET on Thursday, December 6th.

Several of the best jokes, as American saloon owner Rick (Humphrey Bogart) and crooked French policeman Renault (Claude Rains) consult about what will become the key event in the story, early in Casablanca, 1942.

Czech resistance hero Lazlo (Paul Henreid) and consort Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) arrive at Rick's Cafe, surprising Sam (Dooley Wilson), meeting Norwegian Berger (John Qualen), French Renault (Claude Rains) and German Strasser (Conrad Veidt), early in Casablanca, 1942.

A most famous scene, American ex-pat saloon owner Rick (Humphrey Bogart) in wartime Morocco, with employee Sam (Dooley Wilson), brooding over Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) having turned up at his joint, a flashback montage revealing why, in Casablanca, 1942.

Introduction of Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) at his Cafe` Americain, dismissing a smarmy German (Gregory Gaye), receiving sneaky Ugarte (Peter Lorre) introducing a key plot point, Dan Seymour the doorman, in Michael Curtiz's Casablanca, 1942.

An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up in Casablanca (1942) starring Humphrey Bogart.