Carl, see that Major Strasser gets a good table, one close to the ladies.
I have already given him the best - knowing he is German and would take it anyway.
Rick Blaine
Humphrey Bogart · 56 quotes
Captain Louis Renault
Claude Rains · 35 quotes
Ilsa
Ingrid Bergman · 18 quotes
Victor Laszlo
Paul Henreid · 15 quotes
Strasser
Conrad Veidt · 10 quotes
Sam
Dooley Wilson · 4 quotes
Signor Ferrari
Sydney Greenstreet · 4 quotes
Carl
S.Z. Sakall · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Rick Blaine & Captain Louis Renault (22), Rick Blaine & Ilsa (15), Captain Louis Renault & Strasser (8)
Casablanca quotes
Page 3 of 6How extravagant you are - throwing away women like that. Some day they may be scarce. Oh, I think now I shall pay a call on Yvonne, maybe get her on the rebound, huh?
When it comes to women, you're a true democrat.
I can't get over you two. She was asking about you earlier, Rick, in a way that made me extremely jealous.
La Belle Aurore.
How nice. You remembered. But of course, that was the day the Germans marched into Paris.
Not an easy day to forget.
No.
I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray. You wore blue.
Yes. I put that dress away. When the Germans march out, I'll wear it again.
Ricky, you're becoming quite human.
I was informed you were the most beautiful woman ever to visit Casablanca. That was a gross understatement.
You're very kind.
If you will permit me. Oh, Emil. Please, a bottle of your best champagne and put it on my bill.
Emil Very well, sir.
No, captain, please.
Oh, please, monsieur. It's a little game we play. They put it on the bill. I tear up the bill. It is very convenient.
I've often speculated why you don't return to America. Did you abscond with the church funds? Did you run off with a Senator's wife? I like to think that you killed a man. It's the romantic in me.
It's a combination of all three.
And what in Heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?
My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
I was misinformed.
It might be a good idea for you to disappear from Casablanca for a while. There's a Free French garrison over at Brazzaville. I could be induced to arrange a passage.
My letter of transit? I could use a trip. But it doesn't make any difference about our bet. You still owe me ten thousand francs.
And that ten thousand francs should pay our expenses.
Our expenses? Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
My dear Ricky, I suspect that under that cynical shell, you're at heart a sentimentalist...Oh, laugh if you will, but I happen to be familiar with your record. Let me point out just two items. In 1935, you ran guns to Ethiopia. In 1936, you fought in Spain on the Loyalists' side.
And got well paid for it on both occasions.
The winning side would have paid you much better.
Maybe.
No matter how clever he [Laszlo] is, he still needs an exit visa, or I should say, two.
Why two?
He is traveling with a lady.
He'll take one.
I think not. I have seen the lady and if he did not leave her in Marseilles or in Oran, he certainly won't leave her in Casablanca.
Well, maybe he's not quite as romantic as you are.
Rick, there are many exit visas sold in this cafe, but we know that you've never sold one. That is the reason we permit you to remain open.
I thought it was because I let you win at roulette.
That is another reason.
There's still something about this business I don't quite understand. Miss Lund, she's very beautiful, yes. But you were never interested in any woman.
She isn't just 'any woman.'
I see. How do I know you'll keep your end of the bargain?
I'll make the arrangements right now with Laszlo in the visitor's pen.
Ricky, I'm gonna miss you. Apparently, you're the only one in Casablanca who has even less scruples than I.
Victor Laszlo, you are under arrest on a charge of accessory to the murder of the couriers from whom these letters were stolen. Oh, you're surprised about my friend, Ricky. The explanation is quite simple. Love, it seems, has triumphed over virtue.
[pointing a gun at Renault]
Not so fast, Louis. Nobody's gonna be arrested - not for a while yet.
Well, I was right. You are a sentimentalist...What you just did for Laszlo, that fairy tale you invented to send Ilsa away with him. I know a little about women, my friend. She went, but she knew you were lying.
Anyway, thanks for helping me out.
I suppose you know this isn't going to be very pleasant for either of us, especially for you. I'll have to arrest you, of course.
As soon as the plane goes, Louis.
Well, Rick, you're not only a sentimentalist, but you've become a patriot.
Maybe, but it seemed like a good time to start.
I think perhaps you're right.
Why do you interfere with my little romances?
Put it down as a gesture to love.
I'll forgive you this time but I'll be in tomorrow night with a breathtaking blonde. And it'll make me very happy if she loses.
You haven't heard my offer.
It's not for sale at any price.
What do you want for Sam?
I don't buy or sell human beings.
Too bad. That's Casablanca's leading commodity. In refugees alone, we could make a fortune, if you work with me through the black market.
Suppose you run your business and let me run mine.
Suppose we ask Sam. Maybe he'd like to make a change?
Suppose we do.
My dear Rick, when will you realize that in this world, today, isolationism is no longer a practical policy?