Casablanca (1942)
Roger Ebert started his Great Movies selection by writing about Casablanca ; therefore, I think it is suitable for me to do the same :-) Such is the impact Michael Curtiz's Casablanca has had in Western culture that its story is known even to people who may have never really watched it: Rick ( Humphrey Bogart ), a bitter man who "sticks his neck out for nobody", owns a cafe in Casablanca, French Morocco, a gateway to America during World War II. One night, "of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world", Ilsa ( Ingrid Bergman ), the woman who broke his heart, walks into his cafe, accompanied by her husband Laszlo ( Paul Henreid ), a Resistance leader. He needs to flee to America, and for that, he needs some Letters of Transit that happen to be in Rick's possession. Rick must then choose between his love for Ilsa, or helping her and her husband flee to America, so that they can keep fighting against the Nazis. With a simple Google searc...