First Comes Courage 1943
First Comes Courage
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.
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.
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Full Cast & Crew... Nicole Larsen
... Capt. Allan Lowell
... Maj. Paul Dichter
... Rose Lindstrom
... Dr. Aanrud
... Soren
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See All 1 Reviews04 Apr 2022 by CinemaSerf
Merle Oberon ("Nicole") is quite effective in this tale of the Norwegian resistance to the occupying Nazis. She earns the disdain of her fellow countrymen by fraternising with "Maj. Dichter" (Carl Esmond) but is really milking him for information which she has passed on to the British. When a few commandos are parachuted in - including "Lowell" (Brian Aherne), the true love of "Nicole" - things really start to heat up and just about everybody's life is on the line. "Dichter" is also now really starting to smell rat very close to home. It's a good, solid adventure story this with plenty of stirring music from Ernest Tock that builds to quite a fitting, exciting and touching denouement. The sentiment of courage and bravery is well delivered. The strength of character from this young woman determined to do her bit for her nation, regardless of the risk to herself, is well captured by Dorothy Arzner here. There is plenty going on for 90 minutes and it is well worth watching.
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Release Date:
Jul 29, 1943 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 28`
MMPA Rating:
NR
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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First Comes Courage
Merle Oberon ("Nicole") is quite effective in this tale of the Norwegian resistance to the occupying Nazis. She earns the disdain of her fellow countrymen by fraternising with "Maj. Dichter" (Carl Esmond) but is really milking him for information which she has passed on to the British. When a few commandos are parachuted in - including "Lowell" (Brian Aherne), the true love of "Nicole" - things really start to heat up and just about everybody's life is on the line. "Dichter" is also now really starting to smell rat very close to home. It's a good, solid adventure story this with plenty of stirring music from Ernest Tock that builds to quite a fitting, exciting and touching denouement. The sentiment of courage and bravery is well delivered. The strength of character from this young woman determined to do her bit for her nation, regardless of the risk to herself, is well captured by Dorothy Arzner here. There is plenty going on for 90 minutes and it is well worth watching.
Cast & Crew of
First Comes Courage
Directors & Credit Writers
Cast
... Nicole Larsen
... Capt. Allan Lowell
... Maj. Paul Dichter
... Rose Lindstrom
... Dr. Aanrud
... Soren
... Ole
... Col. Kurt von Elser
... Dress Designer (uncredited)
... Dr. Hoff
... Norwegian Shopkeeper (uncredited)
... Dr. Kleinich
... Nazi Captain (uncredited)
... Norwegian patient
... Girl assistant
... Edvard, Aanrud's assistant
PS
Pietro Sosso... Janitor
... Boy
AF
Arno Frey... Sergeant
... Private
Produced By
HJB
Harry Joe Brown... Producer