Movie
The Password Is Courage
Released: June 1, 1962 (1962)
Runtime: 116 minutes
Genres: Comedy, Drama, War
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Reginald Beckwith as Unterofficer
Age at release: 53
- Nigel Stock as Cole
Age at release: 42
- Dirk Bogarde as Sergant-Major Charles Coward
Age at release: 41
- Richard Marner as Schmidt
Age at release: 41
- Bernard Archard as 1st Prisoner of War
Age at release: 39
- Ed Devereaux as Aussie
Age at release: 36
- George Mikell as Necke
Age at release: 33
- Alfred Lynch as Corporal Bill Pope
Age at release: 31
- Lewis Fiander as Pringle
Age at release: 24
- Maria Perschy as Irena
Age at release: 23
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- Arnold Marlé as Old Man on Train (uncredited)
Age at release: 74
- Olaf Pooley as German Doctor
Age at release: 48
- Philo Hauser as 2nd German Goon
Age at release: 47
- Ferdy Mayne as 1st German Officer at French Farm
Age at release: 46
- George Pravda as 2nd German Officer at French Farm
Age at release: 43
- Charles Durning as American Solider (uncredited)
Age at release: 39
- Mark Eden as 2nd Prisoner of War
Age at release: 34
- Howard Pays as Mansard
Age at release: 34
- Keith Peacock as Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Age at release: 34
- Michael Mellinger as Feldwebel
Age at release: 33
- Colin Blakely as 1st German Goon
Age at release: 31
- Margaret Whiting as French Farmwoman
Age at release: 29
- John Gardiner as 3rd Prisoner of War
Age at release: Unknown
- Tommy Elliott as Concertina Player
Age at release: Unknown
- Bernard Proctor as Harmonica Player
Age at release: Unknown