Synopsis
Rick's Cafe is a centre for criminals, refugees, resistance fighters and Nazis. Its cynical owner takes risks for no-one - until the arrival of Ilsa.
- Programme: Casablanca (1942)
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2020
- Film Studies
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