In the film 'Casablanca', what is the name of Humphrey Bogart's nightclub?

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In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart’s nightclub is called Rick’s Café Américain.

The fictional café belongs to Rick Blaine, an American expatriate played by Bogart, and serves as the film’s central meeting place. Set in Casablanca in December 1941, the nightclub attracts refugees, gamblers, local officials, German officers, and people trying to obtain travel documents to escape occupied Europe. Its international clientele reflects the uncertainty and political tension of the wartime setting.

Rick’s café is also the setting for several of the film’s best-known moments, including the confrontation between German officers and the patrons singing “La Marseillaise.” The establishment’s name is sometimes shortened in conversation to “Rick’s Café,” but its full in-film name is Rick’s Café Américain.

The café was fictional when the movie was made; Casablanca did not contain the original film set as a real nightclub. A real restaurant called Rick’s Café Casablanca opened in Morocco in 2004 and was designed as a tribute to the movie. It is inspired by the film’s atmosphere, rather than being the actual location depicted in the 1942 production.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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