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First Comes Courage (1943)

First Comes Courage poster
Directed by
Dorothy Arzner, Charles Vidor
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman works as a spy in Nazi-occupied Norway. She must balance her dangerous mission with her feelings for a British commando.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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