First Comes Courage(1943)
I married you to destroy you!
Synopsis
Merle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant. When his superiors begin to suspect her, the Allies land an assassin to kill him -- an assassin who happens to be her former lover.
Directed by Dorothy Arzner
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Cast
Merle Oberon
Nicole Larsen
Brian Aherne
Capt. Allan Lowell
Carl Esmond
Maj. Paul Dichter
Isobel Elsom
Rose Lindstrom
Fritz Leiber
Dr. Aanrud
Erville Alderson
Soren
Erik Rolf
Ole
Reinhold Schünzel
Col. Kurt von Elser
Richard Ryen
Dr. Hoff
Lewis Wilson
Dr. Kleinich
Fern Emmett
Dress Designer (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Norwegian Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Nazi Captain (uncredited)
John Elliott
Norwegian patient
Greta Granstedt
Girl assistant
William Phillips
Edvard, Aanrud's assistant
Pietro Sosso
Janitor
Conrad Binyon
Boy
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First Comes Courage was released in 1943.
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First Comes Courage runs for 88 minutes (1 hour and 28 minutes).
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First Comes Courage was directed by Dorothy Arzner.
Who stars in First Comes Courage?+
First Comes Courage stars Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Carl Esmond, Isobel Elsom and Fritz Leiber.
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