First Comes Courage
I married you to destroy you!
1943 · 1h 28m · APPROVED
Drama, War
Directed by
Dorothy Arzner
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First Comes Courage
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Dorothy Arzner Director
- Merle Oberon as Nicole Larsen
- Brian Aherne as Capt. Allan Lowell
- Carl Esmond as Maj. Paul Dichter
- Isobel Elsom as Rose Lindstrom
- Fritz Leiber as Dr. Aanrud
- Erville Alderson as Soren
- Erik Rolf as Ole
- Reinhold Schünzel as Col. Kurt von Elser
- Richard Ryen as Dr. Hoff
- Lewis Wilson as Dr. Kleinich
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