First Comes Courage

Dorothy Arzner
1943-07-29

I married you to destroy you!
6.6
88 min

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

Name Character Team
Merle Oberon Nicole Larsen Unowned
Brian Aherne Capt. Allan Lowell Unowned
Carl Esmond Maj. Paul Dichter Unowned
Isobel Elsom Rose Lindstrom Unowned
Fritz Leiber Dr. Aanrud Unowned
Erville Alderson Soren Unowned
Erik Rolf Ole Unowned
Reinhold Schünzel Col. Kurt von Elser Unowned
Richard Ryen Dr. Hoff Unowned
Lewis Wilson Dr. Kleinich Unowned
Fern Emmett Dress Designer (uncredited) Unowned
Byron Foulger Norwegian Shopkeeper (uncredited) Unowned
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski Nazi Captain (uncredited) Unowned
John Elliott Norwegian patient Unowned
Greta Granstedt Girl assistant Unowned
William Phillips Edvard, Aanrud's assistant Unowned
Pietro Sosso Janitor Unowned
Conrad Binyon Boy Unowned
Arno Frey Sergeant Unowned
Eric Feldary Private Unowned
Henry Rowland Private Unowned
Hans von Morhart German guard Unowned
Ethel Griffies Nurse Unowned
Walter Thiele Orderly Unowned
John Royce German orderly Unowned
Frederic Brunn German guard Unowned
Lloyd Ingraham Elderly Norwegian man Unowned
Louis Adlon Nazi lieutenant Unowned
Niels Bagge Thorsten Unowned
Rex Williams Young Nazi officer Unowned
Otto Reichow Young Nazi officer Unowned
Fern Emmett Dress designer Unowned
Guy Kingsford Submarine commander Unowned
Louis Jean Heydt First Norwegian Unowned
Nelson Leigh Blake Unowned