Did you ever think, while watching "Casablanca" that you wanted to see more of the Victor Laszlo character? Well, 1944's The Conspirators is the movie for you!
This was obviously another attempt, among others, to repeat the success of "Casablanca" with some of the same cast and similar looking locations. While Paul Henreid's lead character has a lot more action and sneaking around here, the love story lacks chemistry. Sidney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre are pretty much playing the same characters they were in the earlier film. The whole thing has a plot that is too complicated for its own good and feels too long with too many scenes of people sitting around explaining the plot details. So no, it's not "Casablanca 2" but they were never going to repeat what they did in that movie.
I suspect Dad watched this one when it came out and likely sought it out when it came to DVD. It has become obscure enough to day that it wouldn't surprise me if it hadn't been on video before then. It's another one I would have loved to discuss with him, mostly how it held up, watching it again decades later.
