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It would explain both why Rick can't return to the States, and why Sam is running halfway around the world with him. Back in America, a white person (or group of people) tried to kill Sam, for whatever reason (a robbery, or a lynching, for example). Rick somehow got involved, and in the process of defending Sam, killed the attacker(s). Even though it was an act of defense, blame wound up on Rick and Sam, because it was the 1940s and the cops were racists. So Rick and Sam decided to escape to Europe, and later Casablanca. This theory would fit with what other characters say about Rick. More than once he's said to be someone who often winds up helping the "underdog." Louis speculates that Rick can't return to the States because he killed a man, and Rick confirms this; true, that conversation was sarcastic, but it may also have had some sincerity behind it.

** It's noted in-movie by Louis, where he muses openly about why Rick won't return to America when he can easily afford to:

'''Rick''': It was a combination of all three. }}

 

* Louis is Vichy France: also no elaboration necessary.

* Ugarte, Annina and her husband are the tiny European countries that never stood a chance against Nazi invasion.

 

== This film takes place in the same universe as [[The Maltese Falcon]]. ==

== Ugarte was involved with the Italian Mafia. ==

Ugarte is an Italian name, and many sources say the character is meant to be Italian (Peter Lorre's Hungarian accent notwithstanding). The Mafia absolutely hated the Nazis, which would explain why Ugarte had no moral problems at all with killing the two Nazi couriers. His confusion when Rick is disgusted with his murders, rather than impressed by them, makes sense if Ugarte was born and raised in a world of organized crime, where killing someone might be considered a triumph.

 

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