Movie: A Night in Casablanca (1946)

• Director: Archie Mayo
• Release Date: 10 May 1946 (USA)
• Writers: Joseph Fields (writer) Roland Kibbee (writer)  
• Run Time: 85 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy  

Tagline: The Marx Brothers spend…  

Trivia: The Marx Brothers put up their own money to produce the movie and, as they did with A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races, did a tour in which some of the comedy scenes were performed live to be “tested” for laughs. 

Goofs: Audio/visual unsynchronized: When the police prefect gives the order to “Round up all likely suspects,” his lips clearly say, “Round up the usual suspects.” 

“In post-war Casablanca, Ronald Kornblow is hired to run a hotel whose previous managers have all wound up being murdered. French soldier Pierre suspects the involvement of ex-Nazis, specifically Count Pfefferman, in reality the notorious Heinrich Stubel. But Pierre himself is accused of collaborating with the enemy, and attempts to clear his name with the help of his girlfriend Annette and cagey buddy Corbaccio. They enlist the aid of Pfefferman’s beleaguered mute valet, Rusty, and discover a hoard of war booty the Nazis have cached in the hotel. Written by Paul Penna <tterrace@wco.com>”