Merle Oberon
Nicole Larsen
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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.
First Comes Courage: Directed by Dorothy Arzner. With Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Carl Esmond, Isobel Elsom. Nicole Larsen is detested by her countrymen because they suspect she is collaborating with the occupying Germans.
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- Drama, War
- Dorothy Arzner
- 1943-07-29
Nicole Larsen is detested by her countrymen because they suspect she is collaborating with the occupying Germans. In reality she is working for the Norwegian underground, risking her life passing secrets to the resistance fighters.
A Norwegian resistance fighter seduces a Nazi officer to learn enemy secrets during World War II.
- Dorothy Arzner
- Merle Oberon
Beautiful Norwegian woman Nicole Larsen (Merle Oberon) is dedicated to the local resistance movement, and seduces Nazi officer Paul Dichter (Carl Esmond) in order to gain...
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- Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Carl Esmond
- Dorothy Arzner
- War
First Comes Courage (1943) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Screenplay. 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.
