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Release Date: 1962

Cast: Reginald Beckwith, Dirk Bogarde, Maria Perschy, Alfred Lynch

Categories: Movies, Biographical film, War film

The Password Is Courage is a 1962 World War II film, directed, produced and written by Andrew L. Stone, and starring Dirk Bogarde. The film is a lighthearted take on the true story of Sergeant-Major Charles Coward, and the screenplay is based on the biography of Coward written by John Castle. Charles Coward (Dirk Bogarde) is a senior British NCO incarcerated in the POW camp Stalag VIII-B. He encourages his fellow inmates to escape, and tries to humiliate the German guards at every opportunity. He first attempts to escape by masquerading as a wounded German soldier. He is taken to hospital,... MORE

The Password Is Courage is a 1962 World War II film, directed, produced and written by Andrew L. Stone, and starring Dirk Bogarde. The film is a lighthearted take on the true story of Sergeant-Major Charles Coward, and the screenplay is based on the biography of Coward written by John Castle. Charles Coward (Dirk Bogarde) is a senior British NCO incarcerated in the POW camp Stalag VIII-B. He encourages his fellow inmates to escape, and tries to humiliate the German guards at every opportunity. He first attempts to escape by masquerading as a wounded German soldier. He is taken to hospital, where his identity is revealed, but not before being awarded the Iron Cross as he lies in his hospital bed. He then digs a tunnel, and, using a map he has obtained from the Polish resistance, escapes with fellow prisoner Bill Pope (Alfred Lynch). They are captured. After the failure of the tunnel, they then attempt to escape by using a fire engine. Their plan works - German soldiers get off the road to allow the fire engine to pass through - and they drive the vehicle to freedom. Although the film claims to be "based on a true story", it doesn't say how close (or distant) it is to that true LESS