Rick Blaine

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Rick Blaine is the cynical yet ultimately self-sacrificing American nightclub owner portrayed by Humphrey Bogart in the classic film "Casablanca."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
alliesWith Captain Louis Renault
appearsIn Casablanca
associatedWith Captain Louis Renault
Sam
Victor Laszlo
backstoryEvent ran guns to Ethiopia
basedOn character from the unproduced play "Everybody Comes to Rick's"
businessLocation Casablanca
characterTrait cynical
idealistic
romantic
self‑sacrificing
world‑weary
citizenship United States of America
conflictWith Major Heinrich Strasser
createdBy Howard Koch
Julius J. Epstein
Philip G. Epstein
employerOf Carl
Sam
Sascha
fictionalUniverse Casablanca
filmReleaseYear 1942
firstAppearance Casablanca
gender male
hasMoralAlignment antihero
helpsCharacter Ilsa Lund
Victor Laszlo
locatedIn French Morocco
medium film
militaryBackground fought on the Loyalist side in the Spanish Civil War
nationality American
notableAction sacrifices his love for Ilsa so she can escape with Victor Laszlo
notableQuote Here's looking at you, kid.
I stick my neck out for nobody.
I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.
Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.
notableWork Casablanca
occupation nightclub owner
owns Rick's Café Américain
personalityArc transitions from detached cynic to committed idealist
portrayedBy Humphrey Bogart
romanticallyInvolvedWith Ilsa Lund
settingPeriod World War II
speaksLanguage English
French

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