The Password Is Courage

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1hr 56min

Genres:

Drama,War

Release:

1962

Director:

Andrew L. Stone

Starring:

Dirk Bogarde, Maria Perschy, Alfred Lynch ... More

Synopsis: Based on the true story of Sergeant-Major Charlie Coward (played by Dirk Bogarde) during World War II, this conventional wartime drama does not convincingly put across Coward's heroism, or his seemingly impossible exploits. A German POW and leader in Stalag 8B, Coward finds ways to humiliate his German captors whenever he can, but most importantly he and the men under him are working out an escape. They have already dug out a 280-foot tunnel, and now Coward has to somehow reach the Polish resistance ... Full Synopsis

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	Craig Butler, AMG Review The Password is Courage is inevitably compared to The Great Escape and also inevitably found wanting. However, when viewed on its own terms, Courage is a moderately entertaining film that aficionados of war and/or POW movies especially will want to watch. Ironically, one of the problems with Courage is that it seems implausible, yet the basic story it tells is a true one: the lead character really ... Read Review