Review of Casablanca (1943) by Bosley Crowther for The New York Times — 25 May 1973
The Warners here have a picture which makes the spine tingle and the heart take a leap. For once more, as in recent Bogart pictures, they have turned the incisive trick of draping a tender love story within the folds of a tight topical theme.
They have used Mr. Bogart's personality, so well established in other brilliant films, to inject a cold point of tough resistance to evil forces afoot in Europe today. And they have so combined sentiment, humor and pathos with taut melodrama and bristling intrigue that the result is a highly entertaining and even inspiring film.
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This review of Casablanca (1943) was written by Bosley Crowther and published by The New York Times on 25 May 1973.
Casablanca has generally received very positive reviews.
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