Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ịzụta ikike nke egwuregwu a na-ebipụtaghị na nke a na-edeghị ede site n'aka Burnett na Allison na Jenụwarị 1942, ndị Warners, n'oge dị iche iche, kenyere ndị edemede edemede Julius na Philip Epstein, Howard Koch na Casey Robinson na-enweghị aha, ma tinye otu n'ime ndị isi ha, Michael Curtiz. A malitere imepụta ya na Mee 25, ma mechaa gbaa ya na Ọgọst 3. Emere ihe ngosi nke "Casablanca" na New York City na November, si otú a na-eji isi akụkọ akwụkwọ akụkọ na-ekwupụta njide nke ndị Allied nke ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri North Africa, gụnyere Casablanca. N'ihi ntọhapụ ya na Nọvemba, ndị New York Film Critics tinyere ihe nkiri ahụ na oge onyinye ha nke 1942 maka ihe nkiri kachasị mma (onye mmeri ikpeazụ bụ akụkọ agha mmiri nke Britain n'oge agha, "In Which We Serve"), mana Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences kwusiri ike na ebe ọ bụ na "Casablanca" ewepụtaghị mba niile ruo mbido 1943, ọ ga-asọ mpi na
Emume inye onyinye na-ewere ọnọdụ na 1944. Ọnwa iri na isii ka emesịrị ya na New York, "Casablanca" meriri Best Picture, Best Director na Best Adapted Screenplay maka Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein na Howard Koch. E nwere mmeri ise ọzọ: Onye omee kachasị mma (Humphrey Bogart), Onye na-akwado ihe nkiri kachasị mma (Claude Rains), Onye na-ese ihe nkiri kachasị mma, Black-and-White (Arthur Edeson), Onye na-edezi ihe nkiri kachasị mma (Owen Marks) na Egwú kachasị mma, Scoring nke Dramatic ma ọ bụ Comedy Picture (Max Steiner).