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First Comes Courage

6.619431h 28mNRMovieDramaWar

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.

DirectorDorothy Arzner
WritersMelvin Levy·Lewis Meltzer
ProducerHarry Joe Brown

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Cast · Directed by Dorothy Arzner

MOMerle Oberon
Merle Oberon
Nicole Larsen
BABrian Aherne
Brian Aherne
Capt. Allan Lowell
CECarl Esmond
Carl Esmond
Maj. Paul Dichter
IEIsobel Elsom
Isobel Elsom
Rose Lindstrom
FLFritz Leiber
Fritz Leiber
Dr. Aanrud
EAErville Alderson
Erville Alderson
Soren
ERErik Rolf
Erik Rolf
Ole
RSReinhold Schünzel
Reinhold Schünzel
Col. Kurt von Elser
RRRichard Ryen
Richard Ryen
Dr. Hoff
LWLewis Wilson
Lewis Wilson
Dr. Kleinich
FEFern Emmett
Fern Emmett
Dress Designer (uncredited)
BFByron Foulger
Byron Foulger
Norwegian Shopkeeper (uncredited)

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