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Casablanca (1942)
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Casablanca (1942)

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“As the leader of all the illegal activities in Casablanca,” says the immensely fat and self-satisfied Signor Ferrari (Sydney Greenstreet), “I am an influential and respected man.” And he is, too; neither wicked enough to be a devil, nor good enough to be genuinely and fully human, situated uneasily, as Casablanca itself is, between a world of heroism …

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