First Comes Courage
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Country United States | 6.4/10 IMDb Genre War, Drama Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date July 29, 1943 (1943-07-29) Based on Commandos, novel byElliott Arnold Writer Elliott Arnold (novel), Melvin Levy (screenplay), Lewis Meltzer (screenplay), George Sklar (adaptation) Cast (Nicole Larsen), (Capt. Allan Lowell), (Maj. Paul Dichter), (Rose Lindstrom), Fritz Leiber (Dr. Aanrud)Similar movies Related Dorothy Arzner movies Tagline I married you to destroy you! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First comes courage
First Comes Courage is a 1943 American war film, the final film directed by Dorothy Arzner, one of the few female directors in Hollywood at the time. The film was based on the 1943 novel Commandos by Elliott Arnold, adapted by George Sklar, with a screenplay by Melvin Levy and Lewis Meltzer. It stars Merle Oberon and Brian Aherne.
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Plot
Nicole Larsen (Merle Oberon) is a member of the Norwegian resistance in a small town, about to be married to the Nazi commandant (Carl Esmond). When his superiors begin to suspect her, the Allies land an assassin to kill him - an assassin who happens to be her former lover, Capt. Allan Lowe (Brian Aherne).
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Production
First Comes Courage had the working title of "Attack by Night". The film was originally to have been set in France, but was changed to Norway because of the public's interest at the time in the occupation of that country.
When director Dorothy Arzner had an attack of pleurisy, she was replaced by Charles Vidor. The film would turn out to be Arzner's final film.
Some scenes were filmed on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, with military units providing extras for the scenes of the commando attack.
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