Humphrey Bogart in a cast list at the trailer's end. Robinson's role is evocative of Duke Mantee in "The Petrified Forest" (1936), a Bogart leading man breakthrough the studio had originally earmarked for Robinson. The enormous success of "Casablanca" redefined Bogart's career. For the first time, Bogart could be cast successfully as both a tough, strong man and vulnerable love interest. Despite his elevated standing, he did not yet have a contractual right of script refusal. When he got weak scripts he simply dug in his heels and locked horns again with the front office, as he did on the film "Conflict"
Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love) Until I can think my way out" is said in the movie "Tokyo Joe" (this line has elsewhere been attributed to another Bogart film, "Sahara"). A variation on this same line was also used in the "" episode "The Squire of Gothos" in 1967. In The Oklahoma Kid, Bogart says to James Cagney, "I wanna talk to you, kid," and Cagney replies "Go ahead and talk." Cagney is later arrested for a crime he didn't commit, and kills two men for attempting to get away when he is arresting them for the crime. The song includes the lines, "You wanna