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First Comes Courage

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First Comes Courage

I married you to destroy you!

6.6

1h 28m

1943

“I married you to destroy you!”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Dorothy Arzner

DramaWar

naziwoman director

Cast & Crew

Merle Oberon

Merle Oberon

as Nicole Larsen

Brian Aherne

Brian Aherne

as Capt. Allan Lowell

Carl Esmond

Carl Esmond

as Maj. Paul Dichter

Isobel Elsom

Isobel Elsom

as Rose Lindstrom

Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber

as Dr. Aanrud

Erville Alderson

Erville Alderson

as Soren

Erik Rolf

Erik Rolf

as Ole

Reinhold Schünzel

Reinhold Schünzel

as Col. Kurt von Elser

Richard Ryen

Richard Ryen

as Dr. Hoff

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