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Of all the gin joints, of all the towns, of all the movies, this one still reigns.

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Published January 29, 2026 at 8:30 PM EST

Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman star in Casablanca. A cynical American expatriate who runs a café in French Morocco must choose between protecting his own guarded heart or helping his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis.

8pm Thursday CASABLANCA (1942) PG - Romance Drama
Rick Blaine, an American expatriate running a nightclub in Casablanca during the early days of World War II, finds himself confronted with an impossible choice between love and sacrifice.

Casablanca on WLRN's Thursday Night Movie

A cynical ex-patriate Rick Blaine, runs a nightclub in Morocco. Despite the pressure he constantly receives from the local authorities, Rick's club has become a kind of haven for refugees seeking to obtain illicit letters that will help them escape to America. But when his former lover, Ilsa, arrives with her husband, famed rebel, Victor Laszlo, looking for a way out of the country, Rick is faced with a heartbreaking decision.

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