[Gennee]

Originally Posted by u-dog

The interesting thing about Casablanca and one of the reasons that it is so good is that EVERY SINGLE ACTOR in that film is a "A-list" actor from somewhere in Europe. Except for the lead actors (Bogart, Bergman, Lorry et al) the actors were all drawn from among refugees from Hitler's Europe.
Actually Peter Lorry was a refugee also. he was one of the few to be successful in Hollywood because he was able to master English quickly.

Peter Lorre was an excellent character actor who made his roles very believeable. To me, character actors are better performers than some of the stars.

Gennee