First Comes Courage (1943)

  • NR
  • 07/29/1943 (US)
  • Drama, War
  • 1h 28m

I married you to destroy you!

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.

Dorothy Arzner

Director

Elliott Arnold

Novel

Melvin Levy

Screenplay

Lewis Meltzer

Screenplay

Cast

Merle Oberon's headshot

Merle Oberon

Nicole Larsen
Brian Aherne's headshot

Brian Aherne

Capt. Allan Lowell
Carl Esmond's headshot

Carl Esmond

Maj. Paul Dichter
Isobel Elsom's headshot

Isobel Elsom

Rose Lindstrom
Fritz Leiber's headshot

Fritz Leiber

Dr. Aanrud
Erville Alderson's headshot

Erville Alderson

Soren
Erik Rolf's headshot

Erik Rolf

Ole
Reinhold Schünzel's headshot

Reinhold Schünzel

Col. Kurt von Elser

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