The Password Is Courage

The Password Is Courage (1962)

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

  • Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
  • Release Date: 1962-06-01
  • User Rating: 6.4/10 from 21 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 56min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Andrew L. Stone Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Andrew L. Stone
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Summary

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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  • Dirk Bogarde

    as Sergant-Major Charles Coward
  • Maria Perschy

    as Irena
  • Alfred Lynch

    as Corporal Bill Pope
  • Nigel Stock

    as Cole
  • Reginald Beckwith

    as Unterofficer
  • Richard Marner

    as Schmidt
  • Ed Devereaux

    as Aussie
  • Lewis Fiander

    as Pringle
  • George Mikell

    as Necke
  • Richard Carpenter

    as Robinson
  • Bernard Archard

    as 1st Prisoner of War
  • Ferdy Mayne

    as 1st German Officer at French Farm
  • George Pravda

    as 2nd German Officer at French Farm
  • Olaf Pooley

    as German Doctor
  • Michael Mellinger

    as Feldwebel
  • Colin Blakely

    as 1st German Goon
  • Margaret Whiting

    as French Farmwoman
  • Mark Eden

    as 2nd Prisoner of War
  • Douglas Livingstone

    as Bennett
  • John Gardiner

    as 3rd Prisoner of War
  • Howard Pays

    as Mansard
  • Tommy Elliott

    as Concertina Player
  • Bernard Proctor

    as Harmonica Player
  • Philo Hauser

    as 2nd German Goon
  • Charles Durning

    as American Solider (uncredited)
  • Arnold Marlé

    as Old Man on Train (uncredited)
Production Irene Howard Casting
Writing Andrew L. Stone Screenplay
Editing Noreen Ackland Editor
Directing Andrew L. Stone Director
Production Sydney Streeter Associate Producer
Camera Davis Boulton Director of Photography
Production Virginia L. Stone Producer
Sound Tommy Reilly Original Music Composer
Sound Virginia L. Stone Original Music Composer
Sound Christopher L. Stone Original Music Composer
Production Andrew L. Stone Producer
Sound Derek New Original Music Composer
Art C. Wilfred Arnold Art Direction
Writing John Castle Book
Production Noreen Hipwell Production Secretary

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