The Password Is Courage

The Password is Courage is a 1962 film based on John Castles 1954 Second World War memoir of the same name. It was written, produced and directed by Andrew L. Stone and stars Dirk Bogarde, Maria Perschy and Alfred Lynch. The film is a lighthearted take on the true story of SergeantMajor Charles Coward, written under the pseudonym John Castle by Ronald Charles Payne and John Williams Garrod.

Coward 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 obtains from an attractive Polish resistance contact Maria Perschy, N escapes with fellow prisoner Bill Pope Alfred Lynch. They are captured at a railway station.After the failure of that escape, they then manage to escape again by masquerading as workmen clearing rubble in a rural area. After learning that the American front line is only a mile away, they steal an unattended fire engine to get past the German soldiers in between. Their plan works a German troop convoy on the road moves aside to allow them to speed past to get to a nonexistent fire and they drive off to freedom. ........

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