They were evacuated by train from the city to the rural own of Coombe Halt, and the country home of eccentric uncle, Professor Digory Kirke (Jim Broadbent), who wasn""t "accustomed to having children" in his house.Then, the local Vichy puppet Chief (Préfet de Police), the sophisticated Capitaine Louis Renault (Claude Rains) with his police cap tilted jauntily, already identified by the pickpocket as a Parisian womanizer who takes advantage of "beautiful young girl(s)" among he refugees, greets the disdainful and arrogant German Nazi:Renault:UnoccupiedFrance welcomes you to Casablanca." Breck and his associates claimed it was only "believed" that the talking baby ape was shot dead with its parents: "I""m beginning to wonder if they shot the right baby.Panicked and somewhat short of breath, Mireau also appeals to Dax""s patriotism and the name of France, but Dax is stunned, knowing that the scheme is impossible and suicidal.