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The Password Is Courage

The Password Is Courage

The only man ever awarded the Iron Cross by the enemy!!!

1962•1h 56m•6.3/10
ComedyDramaWar

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6.3/10(23)

Sergeant-Major Charles Coward, a brave British soldier is captured by German forces during World War II. When he's thrown into a prisoner of war camp, he immediately plans his escape. Masquerading as a wounded German soldier, he makes it as far as the medical tent, where the deceived enemy forces award him the Iron Cross. Though he is ultimately discovered, he goes on to courageously pursue his freedom with a whimsical and undying audacity.

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Production

Andrew L. Stone Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Dirk Bogarde

Dirk Bogarde

Sergant-Major Charles Coward

Maria Perschy

Maria Perschy

Irena

Alfred Lynch

Alfred Lynch

Corporal Bill Pope

Nigel Stock

Nigel Stock

Cole

Reginald Beckwith

Reginald Beckwith

Unterofficer

Richard Marner

Richard Marner

Schmidt

Ed Devereaux

Ed Devereaux

Aussie

Lewis Fiander

Lewis Fiander

Pringle

George Mikell

Necke

Richard Carpenter

Richard Carpenter

Robinson

Bernard Archard

Bernard Archard

1st Prisoner of War

Ferdy Mayne

Ferdy Mayne

1st German Officer at French Farm

George Pravda

George Pravda

2nd German Officer at French Farm

Olaf Pooley

Olaf Pooley

German Doctor

Michael Mellinger

Michael Mellinger

Feldwebel

Colin Blakely

Colin Blakely

1st German Goon

Margaret Whiting

French Farmwoman

Mark Eden

Mark Eden

2nd Prisoner of War

Douglas Livingstone

Bennett

John Gardiner

3rd Prisoner of War

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