"The 1942 film, ""Casablanca"" was based on which play, written by Joan Alison and Murray Burnett?"
Casablanca (film) Casablanca (film) Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison's unproduced stage play "Everybody Comes to Rick's". The film stars Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid; it also features Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Dooley Wilson. Set during contemporary World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate who must choose between his love for a woman and helping her and her husband, a Czech Resistance leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Nazis. Warner Bros. story
Alison Murray Alison Murray Alison Murray is a Canadian director of films, documentaries and music videos. Murray was born in Nova Scotia, Canada and ran away to London when she was 15. She studied film at the Royal College of Art, receiving an M.A. in Film. Murray's documentaries include "Carny" and "Train on the Brain" (2000). Her most well known feature-length film is "Mouth to Mouth" (2005) starring Ellen Page. Murray's films show her interest in subcultures. In her dramatic feature "Mouth to Mouth", a teenager who runs away from home and ends up in a European youth cult. "Train on the