Captain Louis Renault
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Captain Louis Renault is the charmingly corrupt yet ultimately principled French police prefect in the classic 1942 film "Casablanca."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Captain Louis Renault canonical | 9 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ police officer ⓘ supporting character ⓘ |
| alignment | ambiguous ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Casablanca ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nazi occupation authorities
ⓘ
French State (Vichy regime) ⓘ
surface form:
Vichy regime
|
| basedOn | character from the unproduced play "Everybody Comes to Rick's" ⓘ |
| characterArc | from opportunistic collaborator to quiet resister ⓘ |
| closeRelationshipWith | Rick Blaine ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| creator |
Howard Koch
ⓘ
Julius J. Epstein ⓘ Philip G. Epstein ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Casablanca
ⓘ
surface form:
Casablanca (film)
|
| filmDirector | Michael Curtiz ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext |
romantic drama
ⓘ
war film ⓘ |
| filmProductionCompany |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
|
| filmReleaseYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| finalLineContext | "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." ⓘ |
| finalSceneAction | walks away with Rick Blaine into the fog ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Casablanca
ⓘ
surface form:
film "Casablanca" (1942)
|
| frequentLocation | Rick's Café Américain ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| laterLoyalty | Rick Blaine and the anti-Nazi cause ⓘ |
| loyalty | self-interest (initially) ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
comic relief
ⓘ
moral foil to Rick Blaine ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableAction | orders the rounding up of the "usual suspects" to cover for Rick ⓘ |
| notableQuote |
"I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!"
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"Round up the usual suspects." ⓘ |
| occupation | police prefect ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
charming
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corrupt ⓘ cynical ⓘ pragmatic ⓘ ultimately principled ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Claude Rains ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Prefect of Police in Casablanca ⓘ |
| setting | Casablanca, French Morocco ⓘ |
| warContext | World War II ⓘ |
| worksFor |
French State (Vichy regime)
ⓘ
surface form:
Vichy French authorities
|
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Claude Rains