---
title: 'First Comes Courage (1943)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Charles Vidor'
released: '1943-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/first-comes-courage-1943'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035883/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# First Comes Courage (1943)

1943 · 88 min · Drama, War · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Charles Vidor](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-vidor), [Dorothy Arzner](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-arzner)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ernst Toch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-toch)
- **Producer:** [Harry Joe Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-joe-brown)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-walker)
- **Editor:** [Viola Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/viola-lawrence)

## Cast

- [Carl Esmond](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-esmond)
- [Reinhold Schünzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/reinhold-schunzel)
- [Brian Aherne](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-aherne)
- [Byron Foulger](https://cinepixo.com/people/byron-foulger)
- [Erville Alderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/erville-alderson)
- [Isobel Elsom](https://cinepixo.com/people/isobel-elsom)
- [Fritz Leiber](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-leiber-2)

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