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First Comes Courage ( 1943 )

"I married you to destroy you!"

★6.6 /10 _(9.0)

88 min ● Jul 29, 1943 ● English

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.

Top 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

Erville Alderson

Soren

Erik Rolf

Ole

Reinhold Schünzel

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

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Nazi Captain (uncredited)

John Elliott

Norwegian patient

Greta Granstedt

Greta Granstedt

Girl assistant

William Phillips

William Phillips

Edvard, Aanrud's assistant

Pietro Sosso

Janitor

Conrad Binyon

Boy

Arno Frey

Sergeant

Eric Feldary

Private

Henry Rowland

Private

Hans von Morhart

Hans von Morhart

German guard

Ethel Griffies

Nurse

Walter Thiele

Orderly

John Royce

German orderly

Frederic Brunn

German guard

Lloyd Ingraham

Elderly Norwegian man

Louis Adlon

Nazi lieutenant

Niels Bagge

Thorsten

Rex Williams

Young Nazi officer

Otto Reichow

Young Nazi officer

Fern Emmett

Dress designer

Guy Kingsford

Submarine commander

Louis Jean Heydt

Louis Jean Heydt

First Norwegian (uncredited)

Nelson Leigh

Blake