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First Comes Courage

Release Year
1943
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Drama
War
Directed By
Dorothy Arzner
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.

Cast & Crew

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

Lewis Wilson

Dr. Kleinich

Fern Emmett

Dress Designer (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Norwegian Shopkeeper (uncredited)

John Elliott

Norwegian patient

Crew

Dorothy Arzner

Director

Melvin Levy

Screenplay

Lewis Meltzer

Screenplay

Viola Lawrence

Editor

Harry Joe Brown

Producer

Elliott Arnold

Novel

Ernst Toch

Music

Lambert E. Day

Sound Engineer

Rex Bailey

Assistant Director

William Mull

Assistant Director

Lionel Banks

Art Direction

Fay Babcock

Set Decoration

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