Play It Again, Sam

Hello? Hello? Radio Tower?

Lisbon plane taking off in 10 minutes. East runway. Thank you.

Louis, have your man go with Mr Laszlo and take care of his luggage.

Certainly, Rick. Anything you say.

Find Mr Laszlo's luggage and put it on the plane.

Yes, sir.

This way, please.

If you don't mind, you fill in the names. That'll make it even more official.

You think of everything, don't you?

And the names are Mr and Mrs Victor Laszlo.

- But... why my name, Richard? - 'Cause you're getting on that plane.

- I don't understand. What about you? - I'm staying here with him till the plane gets safely away.

- No, Richard! No, what's happened to you? Last night you said...

Last night we said a great many things.

You said I was to do the thinking for both of us.

Well, I've done a lot of it since then and it all adds up to one thing:

You're getting on that plane with Victor where you belong.

- But Rick, no I, I... - Now, you've got to listen to me.

You have any idea what you'd have to look forward to if you stayed here?

9 chances out of 10 we'd both wind up in a concentration camp, isn't that true Louis?

I'm afraid Major Strasser would insist.

You're saying this only to make me go. - I'm saying it because it's true.

Inside of us we both know you belong with Victor.

You're part of his work, the thing that keeps him going.

If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it.

Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon for the rest of your life.

But what about us?

We'll always have Paris.

We didn't have we... we'd lost it until you came to Casablanca.

We got it back last night.

- When I said I would never leave you. - And you never will.

Look I'm no good at being noble.

But it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people...

don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.

Someday you'll understand that.

Now, now.

Here's looking at you, kid.

There's something you should know before you leave.

- Mr. Blaine, I don't ask you to explain anything.

I'm going to anyway because it may make a difference to you later on.

You said you know about Ilsa and me. - Yes.

She didn't know she was at my place last night when you were.

She came there for the letters of transit. Isn't that true, Ilsa?

Yes.

She tried everything to get them but nothing worked.

She did her best to convince me that she was still in love with me.

But that was all over long ago.

For your sake she pretended it wasn't and I let her pretend.

- I understand. - Here it is.

Thanks.

Are you ready, Ilsa?

Yes, I'm ready.

Bye, Rick.

God bless you.

You better hurry, you'll miss that plane.

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.

It doesn't make a difference about our bet. You still owe me 10,000 Francs.

Ah that 10,000 Francs should pay our expenses.

"Our" expenses? - Uh huh.

Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Who am I kidding? I'm not like that.

I never was, I never will be.

That's strictly the movies.

I'm so depressed.

Maybe if I took two more aspirin it would help.

That would make... two, four, six aspirin.

I'm turning into an aspirin junkie.

Soon I'll be boiling the cotton at the top of the bottle to get the extra.

I shouldn't have signed those papers.

Let her take me to court.

Two years of marriage down the drain.

I couldn't believe what she said to me.

She was like a total stranger, not like my wife.

I don't want any alimony. I just want out.

- Can't we discuss it? - We discussed it 50 times.

- Why? - I don't know.

I can't stand the marriage.

You're no fun, you suffocate me.

There's no rapport and I don't dig you physically.

For God's sake, Allan, don't take it personal.

I won't take it personal, I'll just kill myself.

If only I knew where my analyst was vacationing.

Where do they go every August? They leave the city.

Every summer the city is full of people who are crazy till Labour Day.

What if I reach him? What's he gonna tell me?

Whatever I say he tells me it's a sexual problem.

Isn't that ridiculous? How can it be sexual?

We weren't even having relations.

Maybe once in a while.

She used to watch TV during it.

Change channels with the remote control.

Why should a divorce bother me so?

Maybe I'm better off without her.

Why not? I'm young, healthy, got a good job.

This could be my chance to step out a little bit.

If she can swing, so can l.

I could turn this place into a nightclub.

Get broads here like you wouldn't believe.

Swingers, freaks, nymphomaniacs,

dental hygienists.

If she didn't want me, I won't push myself on her.

I couldn't believe what she said when she left.

I want a new life.

I want to go skiing, go dancing, go to the beach,

ride through Europe on a motorcycle.

- All we ever do is see movies. - I write for a film magazine.

Besides, I happen to like movies.

That's because you're one of life's great watchers.

I'm a doer. I want to participate. We never laugh together.

How can you say that? I'm constantly laughing.

I chuckle, I giggle, I guffaw. Why didn't this come up when we were dating?

You were more aggressive then.

Everybody is during courtship. It's natural.

You can't expect me to keep up that level of charm, I'd have a heart attack.

Goodbye, Allan.

My lawyer will call your lawyer.

I don't have a lawyer.

Have him call my doctor.

What's the matter with me? Why can't I be cool?

What's the secret?

There's no secret, kid. Dames are simple.

I never met one that didn't understand a slap in the mouth

or a slug from a .45.

Yeah, cos you're Bogart.

I could never hit Nancy. It's not that type of relationship.

Where'd you learn that word, the shrink?

I'm not like you. In Casablanca, when you lost lngrid, weren't you crushed?

Nothing a little bourbon and soda wouldn't fix.

I can't drink. My body won't tolerate alcohol.

Take my advice and forget all this fancy relationship stuff.

The world is full of dames.

All you got to do is whistle.

He's right.

You give them an inch and they step all over you.

Why can't I develop that attitude?

Nothing a little bourbon and soda couldn't fix.

- Are you all right? - You poor thing!

- Why didn't you call us? - I didn't want to bother you.

Not bother us? For God's sake, what are friends for?

Why did she say she wanted a divorce?

She doesn't laugh enough.

Insufficient laughter - grounds for divorce.

She wants to go skiing.

She wants to ski down a mountain laughing.

Let me call my office. I ran out of a meeting when you called.

They must think I'm crazy.

- Have you heard from her? - I heard from Schulman and Weiss.

I signed some papers and Nancy went to Mexico.

We went there on our honeymoon.

Spent the entire two weeks in bed.

I had dysentery.

Hello, George? Did they agree to the terms?

Oh, hell. Well, if we blow it, we blow it.

God! Can't you cook anything but TV dinners?

Who bothers to cook them? I suck them frozen.

I'll tell you where you can reach me, I'll be at 362-9296 for a while.

Then I'll be at 648-0024 for about 15 minutes.

Then I'll be at 752-0420

and then I'll be home at 621 -4598.

Right, George. Bye-bye.

There's a phone booth on the corner, shall I get the number?

You'll be passing it.

- I'm sorry, Allan. - She wants to be a swinger.

- Married life is no good for her. - Don't get worked up.

I gave her a home, affection, security.

This was a girl I found waiting on tables at the Hip Bagel.

I used to go there every night and over-tip her.

$1 .50 on a 35-cent check.

Nancy was impulsive. We all knew that.

She didn't leave impulsively. She talked about it for months.

- I didn't believe she'd do it. - It's good you find out now.

- You're young. Make a new life. - I'm 29.

The height of my sexual potency was ten years ago.

Look at the bright side. You're free.

You'll go out, there'll be girls.

You'll go to parties, have affairs with married women.

Sexual relations with girls of every race, creed and colour.

You get tired of that.

Besides, those kinds of things never happen to me.

I managed to fool one girl into loving me and now she's gone.

See how he downgrades himself?

Don't you think plenty of women would find him attractive?

- Yes, of course. - The world's full of eligible women.

Yeah, but not like Nancy. She was a lovely thing.

I used to lay in bed and watch her sleep.

Once in a while she'd wake up and catch me.

She'd let out a scream.

He really loved her. I feel like crying.

Why do you feel like crying?

A man makes an investment, it doesn't pay off.

Could I get an aspirin? I have a headache.

He's having a breakdown and you're sick.

- Don't get upset. - I'm not, I just had a rough day.

You want an aspirin too?

I ate all the aspirin, what about Darvon?

Yes, my analyst suggested that when I have migraines.

I used to get migraines but my analyst cured me. Now I get cold sores.

I still do. Big, ugly ones from tension.