During a round-up of suspects by police gendarmes in he city, the precarious situation of a collection of refugees (those in European clothing in Casablanca) is set up by a few short scenes:The open-air city market, a scene of intrigue, is eeming with black marketeers, smugglers, thieves, spies, double agents and refugees who desperately seek to obtain tickets (exit visas) on the daily plane to neutral Lisbon.Tonight the little lady tells me that she is so confident of her ability that she is willing to double her standing offer of two hundred and fifty dollars to any person who can outshoot her."Lt.Thompson and Marge shared an unspoken, knowing look with each other.Marge sought help for Nancy at a sleep clinic, the Katja Institute for the Study of Sleep Disorders.All eyes are glued upon the lone figure, as he strides along the wooden sidewalk.The telegraph agent phones an individual named "Pete" about he stranger""s arrival.On the porch of the dusty hotel, the stranger is suspiciously confronted by Coley Trimble (Ernest Borgnine) and Hector David (Lee Marvin).