Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Warners payakatenga kodzero dzomutambo waBurnett naAllison usina kubudiswa uye usina kumboitwa muna January 1942, nguva nenguva, yakapa basa rokunyora mutambo wacho kuvanyori venyaya Julius naPhilip Epstein, Howard Koch naCasey Robinson asina kupiwa mbiri, ukuwo ichiisa mumwe wevatungamiriri vavo vakuru, Michael Curtiz, kuti atungamirire. Kugadzirwa kwakatanga musi waMay 25, uye kupfura kwekupedzisira kwakapera musi waAugust 3. Mutambo wokutanga we"Casablanca" muNew York City wakakurumidza kuitwa muna November, nokudaro uchishandisa misoro mikuru yamapepanhau yaizivisa nezvokutora kweAllied zviteshi zveNorth Africa, kubatanidza Casablanca. Nokuda kwokusunungurwa kwaNovember, New York Film Critics yakabatanidza firimu mumwaka wayo we1942 wekugovera mufananidzo wakanakisisa (mukundi wokupedzisira akazova muBritish wartime naval saga, "In Which We Serve"), asi Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences yakasimbirira kuti sezvo "Casablanca" isina kusunungurwa munyika yose kusvikira kutanga kwa1943, yaizokwikwidza pamutambo weMubairo unoitika muna 1944
. Mwedzi gumi nemitanhatu pashure pokutanga kwayo muNew York, "Casablanca" yakawana mubairo weBest Picture, Best Director uye Best Adapted Screenplay nokuda kwaJulius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein naHoward Koch. Kwakanga kune mamwe mazita mashanu: Best Actor (Humphrey Bogart), Best Supporting Actor (Claude Rains), Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (Arthur Edeson), Best Film Editing (Owen Marks) uye Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Max Steiner).