But the others wait in Casablanca, and wait and wait and wait.The camera descends from a mosque into the crowded, stucco-walled coastal city of Casablanca, a way station city (an upscale concentration camp) technically ruled by neutral Unoccupied France - located out of war-torn Europe.Liz immediately explores the adjoining parlor room where Mike follows:Liz: What""s this room? I forgot my compass.She challenges him to go to the window and look down into the street outside.As he goes to look out the apartment window from another room and spies two men under a corner streetlight, Hannay carries a bread cutting knife and hugs the shadowed wall.[Note: In the play, Allan worked forFilm Quarterly.In the film, Allan was employed withFilm Weekly.]Flashback - Allan""s Marital Breakup with Nancy:In a flashbacked scene while being very depressed and with low self-esteem, Allan recalled how he broke-up and divorced his wife Nancy Felix (Susan Anspach) after two years of marriage.There""s gotta be a pitch....I picked up a girl.If she hadn""t gotten in my way, I wouldn""t have stopped.She must be connected with somethin"" big.Disdainful, Murphy assumes that Hammer""s own underworld investigation will be brutal, callous, self-serving, and shabby, like his own demeaning profession:Too many people like you have contempt for anything hat has to do with the law.