A Night in Casablanca (1946)

Director:

Archie Mayo

Writers:

Joseph Fields (writer)
Roland Kibbee (writer)

Release Date:

10 May 1946 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

The Marx Brothers spend...

Plot:

The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Nazi | Marx Brothers | North Africa | Post WWII

Cast

Groucho Marx	...	Ronald Kornblow
Harpo Marx	...	Rusty
Chico Marx	...	Corbaccio
Charles Drake	...	Lt. Pierre Delmar
Lois Collier	...	Annette
Sig Ruman	...	Count Pfferman / Heinrich Stubel
Lisette Verea	...	Beatrice Rheiner
Lewis L. Russell	...	Governor Galoux (as Lewis Russell)
Dan Seymour	...	Prefect of Police Capt. Brizzard
Frederick Giermann	...	Kurt
Harro Mellor	...	Emile
David Hoffman	...	Spy
Paul Harvey	...	Mr. Smythe

Also Known As:

Uma Noite em Casablanca (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
Eine Nacht in Casablanca (Germany) [de]
Eine Nacht mit Beatrice (Austria) [de]
En nat i Casablanca (Denmark) [da]
En natt i Casablanca (Sweden) [sv]
Marx Brothers - Eine Nacht in Casablanca (West Germany) [de]
Mia nyhta stin Casablanca (Greece) [el]
Noc w Casablance (Poland) [pl]
Thisavroi stin Casablanca (Greece) (reissue title) [el]
Una noche en Casablanca (Spain) [es]
Una notte a Casablanca (Italy) [it]
Une nuit à Casablanca (France) [fr]
Yö Casablancassa (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Hungary:14 | Australia:G | Finland:S | Germany:6 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved

Filming Locations:

General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Loma Vista Productions

Trivia:

Near the beginning of the film, the prefect of the police gets on his microphone and says "round up all likely suspects." If you look closely at his lips, he really said "round up the usual suspects" but they dubbed in the replacement line to avoid legal problems with Warner Brothers.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the building that Harpo is leaning against collapses, several of the black guide wires are visible.

Quotes:

Ronald Kornblow: You know, I think you're the most beautiful woman in the whole world.
Beatrice Rheiner: [eagerly] Do you really?
Ronald Kornblow: No, but I don't mind lying if it'll get me somewheres.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Projectionist (1971)

Soundtrack:

Who's Sorry Now?

Good farce!

The Marx Brothers came out of retirement to make this film in order to help the financially-strapped Chico, who was forever broke due to his gambling addiction.

The movie begins slowly, and there are some rather unfunny scenes featuring Harpo, but when Chico and Groucho arrive on the scene the film really picks up. There are some truly great scenes in this film. My favorite is Harpo desperately trying to convey important information to Chico via whistles and inspired charade.

The plot is rather silly, but who cares? While not on a par with their classics "Duck Soup" and "A Night at the Opera", this movie is very much worth seeing.