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On the eight of November 1942, Winston Churchill and his double are passengers aboard a British airplane destined for Casablanca but it is intercepted by German bombers and forced to land in Algiers. A special train known as the Casablanca Express is hastily prepared to transport them overland to Casablanca. The Nazis discover the plan. And the train is captured in a daring commando raid; while Churchill makes it safely through to Casablanca, his double remains aboard the train as the decoy. Captain r (Jason Connery) is given the difficult task of freeing the man whom the Nazis believe to be the real Winston Churchill. Starring Glenn Ford, Jason Connery, Francesco Quinn and the multi talented Donald Pleasence in this fast paced WWII thriller.

The DVD, from Front Row, is another one of their budget releases, so don't expect too much. There are chapter breaks and biographies/filmographies for Connery and Pleasence, though the filmography for Pleasence, a prolific film actor, is missing many of his films. The film is presented full screen and the transfer, while not great, is acceptable for a budget release. The bottom line on "Casablanca Express" is that it's a fair time passer if you're not too demanding.

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Well, I almost got through the whole thing  Aug 03, 2005 By Reader0111 "Spence Newman"
This movie is a very good example of something that should have been allowed to rot in the can! I'm a fan of classic movies being transferred to DVD, if for no other reason to preserve them. But this was a waste of money when it was made, and it's a waste of money on DVD. Extremely poor story line, extremely poor acting, production quality on the film is so bad that you will wonder if there is a hidden fan on right next to your head.

I'm embarrassed to say that I couldn't think of anything good to say about this production.

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Good action film  Jul 10, 2005 By LF "Keep your feedback to yourself, these are my opinions, not yours"
The premise is that Winston Churchill is traveling through North Africa on his way to Casablanca and he will be the target of a Nazi kidnap or murder attempt. It is up to our hero Cooper, his trusty assistant Franchetti, and his girlfriend and co-agent Lora, to foil the Nazis and deliver Churchill safely.

One of the villains of the piece is the French traitor who proudly defends his treason by stating that Vichy France is part of the Nazi empire. Then of course there are some Nazi villains to fight.

The film was intelligently and interestingly done. It even gets just a little bit controversial, when Churchill explains to the American general that while it is true that he had advance knowledge of the Pearl Harbor attack, he was not to blame for the massacre at Pearl Harbor because he had informed President Roosevelt about it in advance (and Roosevelt supposedly didn't find it credible, though that excuse for FDR is itself incredible). The general answers that he would prefer not to believe that Roosevelt knew about it in advance.

With Glenn Ford in the cast, along with the sons of Anthony Quinn and Sean Connery, you would expect a professionally done film, and you get one.

The female lead is very good. She uses her sex appeal to help the cause, and after being rescued from a German soldier's embrace (on the floor) she placidly tells her boyfriend Cooper that if he had rescued her a little later she would be starting a family.

This wasn't meant to be the finest film of all time. It was meant to be an interesting action flick, and it achieved that goal.

My only complaint is that the characters were too handsome. Such is Hollywood. I really don't think that heroes have to look like Brad Pitt or Jason Connery. Why can't we have an ugly hero now and then, or for that matter, just a regular guy and not a Playgirl pinup.

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I think this is the worst war movie I've ever seen - & that says alot!  Jun 25, 2007 By Josephus "apocrypha1611"
The reviewer who said this was a good film must have been smoking crack when he watched it. The acting is beyond bad, the production and direction isn't any better - yet I couldn't stop watching it. I just wanted to make sure Glenn Ford (73 years old at the time this film was made) & Donald Pleasance (who was 70 at the time)couldn't add a little dignity to this dog of a film - they didn't. Which begs the question why did these two veteran actors lower themselves to such a horrible film? A. They 'really' needed the money OR B. They owed a big favor to the two main actor's daddy's (those famous dads being Sean Connery and Anthony Quinn). Unless you've got 90 minutes of your life you really don't care about stay away from this unbelievably bad movie.
However, there is one bright spot - this film really does remind me of the spaghetti westerns than Clint Eastwood starred in or even more like the film `They call me Trinity.' Those films were made in the early 1960's and this dog was made in 1989 which makes it a little interesting that there are still directors who still don't know how to make a film.

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Great Movie  Jun 27, 2010 By Flor D. Barsoum
How this movie has review dated back to 2001 while this version of the movie released in April, 6, 2010. I bought a copy and the movie is beautiful

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