Film · Drama, Comedy, War
The Password Is Courage (1962)
The only man ever awarded the Iron Cross by the enemy!!!
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.
- Director
- Andrew L. Stone
- Writers
- Andrew L. Stone, John Castle
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Release date
- June 1, 1962
Cast
Dirk BogardeSergant-Major Charles Coward
Maria PerschyIrena
Alfred LynchCorporal Bill Pope
Nigel StockCole
Reginald BeckwithUnterofficer
Richard MarnerSchmidt
Ed DevereauxAussie
Lewis FianderPringle
George MikellNecke
Richard CarpenterRobinson
Bernard Archard1st Prisoner of War
Ferdy Mayne1st German Officer at French Farm
George Pravda2nd German Officer at French Farm
Olaf PooleyGerman Doctor
Michael MellingerFeldwebel
Colin Blakely1st German Goon- Margaret WhitingFrench Farmwoman
Mark Eden2nd Prisoner of War- Douglas LivingstoneBennett
- John Gardiner3rd Prisoner of War
