Casa Blanca outline.

I. Setting
A. Casablanca, Morocco
1. World War II

II. Introduction
A. Rick Blaine
1. Owns Rick's Café Américain
2. Very unknown, careful man
B. Ilsa Lund
1. Rick's ex who left him in Paris
2. Married to Victor Laszlo
C. Victor Laszlo
1. Resistance leader
2. Escaped from Nazi concentration camp

III. Rising Action
A. Ilsa Lund and Victor arrive at Rick's cafe
1. Ilsa spots Sam, the cafes piano player
2. Ilsa asks Sam to play the song her and Rick liked
3. Rick comes to investigate why Sam is playing that song.
B. Laszlo and Ilsa plan to escape to America
C. Laszlo gets word that Rick has the letters of transit he needs to escape safely

IV. Climax
A. Laszlo attempts to get the letters
1. Rick refuses to give them up
B. Rick's Cafe is closed because of German military
C. Ilsa tries to get the letters
1. Rick doesn't buy it
2. Flashback to Paris

V. Declining Action
A. Rick tells Ilsa that he will help her
1. Isla and Rick are in his office
B. Police arrest Laszlo
1. Rick tells police to wait until Laszlo has the letters of transit.

VI. Ending
A. Police try to arrest Laszlo as they had planned.
1. Rick tricks them so Victor and Isla can escape.
B. Rick makes Ilsa leave with Laszlo
1. Ilsa disagrees but then is convinced.
C. German officers arrive
1. Rick kills the lead officer
D. Rick and officer become friends and walk off into the distance