First Comes Courage (1943)

6.6/10 88 min Drama War

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.

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

Eric Feldary

Private

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