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First Comes Courage( 1943)

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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.

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      Merle Oberon

      Nicole Larsen

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      Brian Aherne

      Capt. Allan Lowell

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      Carl Esmond

      Maj. Paul Dichter

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      Isobel Elsom

      Rose Lindstrom

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      Fritz Leiber

      Dr. Aanrud

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      Erville Alderson

      Soren

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      Erik Rolf

      Ole

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      Reinhold Schünzel

      Col. Kurt von Elser

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      Richard Ryen

      Dr. Hoff

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      Lewis Wilson

      Dr. Kleinich

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      Fern Emmett

      Dress Designer (uncredited)

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      Byron Foulger

      Norwegian Shopkeeper (uncredited)

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      Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

      Nazi Captain (uncredited)

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      John Elliott

      Norwegian patient

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      Greta Granstedt

      Girl assistant

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      William Phillips

      Edvard, Aanrud's assistant

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      Pietro Sosso

      Janitor

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      Conrad Binyon

      Boy

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      Arno Frey

      Sergeant

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      Eric Feldary

      Private

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      Henry Rowland

      Private

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      Hans von Morhart

      German guard

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      Ethel Griffies

      Nurse

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      Walter Thiele

      Orderly

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      John Royce

      German orderly

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      Frederic Brunn

      German guard

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      Lloyd Ingraham

      Elderly Norwegian man

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      Louis Adlon

      Nazi lieutenant

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      Niels Bagge

      Thorsten

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      Rex Williams

      Young Nazi officer

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      Otto Reichow

      Young Nazi officer

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      Fern Emmett

      Dress designer

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      Guy Kingsford

      Submarine commander

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      Louis Jean Heydt

      First Norwegian (uncredited)

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      Nelson Leigh

      Blake

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Apr 04 2022
    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 stirr...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • nazi
    • woman director