On this day, November 26, 1942, "Casablanca" was released.

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6. The only flaw in the movie

comes when Ilsa refers to Dooley Wilson as "the boy" playing the piano.

Even in an anti-fascist film, American racism had to take a bow.

Then too, am I the only one who finds the Claude Rains character deeply repulsive? Clever, yes, witty too. But this is a man who extorts desperate women, fleeing genocide, into exchanging having sex with him for a ticket out of hell. In real life such behavior would be slimy in the extreme.

Still and all, an amazing achievement. Not a wasted moment, and so many memorable scenes and lines.

Those involved really did catch lightning in a bottle.