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First Comes Courage(1943)
Status: Released
Date: 1943-07-29
66%
10 Votes
Time: 1h 28m
I married you to destroy you!
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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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Movie: First Comes Courage
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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
Richard Ryen
Dr. Hoff
Lewis Wilson
Dr. Kleinich
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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.
Release Date
1943-07-29
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6.6
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3.3 startsTagline
I married you to destroy you!
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