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."

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Captain Louis Renault canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
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!"
"Round up the usual suspects."
occupation police prefect
personalityTrait charming
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

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Casablanca character Captain Louis Renault
Victor Laszlo interactsWith Captain Louis Renault
Everybody Comes to Rick's hasCharacter Captain Louis Renault
Rick Blaine associatedWith Captain Louis Renault
Rick Blaine alliesWith Captain Louis Renault
Earl of Hertford – Claude Rains portrayedCharacter Captain Louis Renault
subject surface form: Claude Rains
Rick's Café Américain frequentedByCharacter Captain Louis Renault
Carl associatedWithCharacter Captain Louis Renault
William Claude Rains playedCharacter Captain Louis Renault