Montages by Don Siegel and James Leicester. When you know it was still being written as they were filming, with an undecided ending, you can sort of see it. According to Ingrid, producer Hal Wallis was arguing with everyone and making script changes daily. "No one knew where the picture was going and no one knew how it was going to end, which didn't help any of us with our characterizations... It was ridiculous, just awful. Michael Curtiz didn't know what he was doing because he didn't know the story either. Humphrey Bogart was mad because because he didn't know what was going on, so he retired to his trailer. They were going to shoot two endings..."
And I can't believe that in the end, Capt. Renault calls the fucking Nazi in an attempt to thwart his 'friend' and the couple's escape.
And it's not even "Play it, Sam." It's just "Play it!"
Owen Marks was no idiot though, if you look at the long shots of Ingrid he leaves in, just thinking...
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