As for the Pentagon and the State Department, that is still a Casablanca affair - not Rick and Ilsa, but Rick and Captain Renault.
In 1955, Dalio was back in America to appear in the poorly-received television series Casablanca, where he portrayed the Claude Rains character, Captain Renault.
Unlike Captain Renault in "Casablanca," we are not "Shocked!
They're all pretending to be as shocked as Captain Renault in Casablanca: I'm shocked, shocked to find that phone tapping is going on in here!
Matsuda is the film's answer to Claude Rains's cynical, all-knowing Captain Renault in "Casablanca."
Mr. Valentine called Fox the "Captain Renault" of television, alluding to the character in the film "Casablanca" played by Claude Rains.
Many remember it from Captain Renault in the movie Casablanca: "Round up the usual suspects."
And he read the glowing praise that Captain Renault had heaped on her.
Not since Captain Renault told Rick that he was "shocked, shocked" that gambling was going on has outrage rung so hollow.