First Comes Courage

Name: First Comes Courage
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1943-07-29
Duration: 1 h 28 min
Cast: Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Carl Esmond, Isobel Elsom

1943 · 1h 28m · Drama, War · United States of America

I married you to destroy you!

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.

Directed by

Dorothy Arzner

Written by

Melvin Levy, Lewis Meltzer

Based on the novel by

Elliott Arnold

Starring

Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Carl Esmond, Isobel Elsom

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