If you can imagine the courage that feat alone took you get the idea of a man who lived as if he had nothing to lose, almost inviting death to take him throughout his 7 escapes (yes 7 times he crossed the "wire"). Thanks. I really didn't even think of TGE. This film was made without a Hollywood plot and mega stars. Was this review helpful? Updated review: I just read the book by the same name. | IMDb rating: 6.8/10. Aussie Lewis Fiander.
How did they fare under German captivity? This rarely seen film was presented on cable recently. It's no great shakes as a movie but it's certainly entertaining with Stone throwing a lot of broad comedy into the mix without sacrificing any of the basic excitement. It isn't that one or the other is a copy! It isn't that one or the other is a copy! The similarities between the story lines are striking and some of the sequences are almost exactly the same. In a small Mexican town, a Catholic priest (Sir John Mills) and a local bandit (Sir Dirk Bogarde) clash, but the brave priest ultimately wins the outlaw's respect. Like one of your other reviewers says, the film isn't quite sure whether it should be serious or not. As a non-Brit I wouldn't be able to know about the carriages etc so it would not affect my appreciation of the film as it did his. I thought it was a very entertaining film, as good as the Great Escape. 6 out of 8 found this helpful Andrew L. Stone adapted the material as well as directed it. 12 out of 15 found this helpful. Based on a true life autobiography of a British serviceman. The Password is Courage is a 1962 black-and-white film biography from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, based on John Castle's 1954 World War II memoir of the same name.Written, produced, and directed by Andrew L. Stone, the film stars Dirk Bogarde, Maria Perschy, and Alfred Lynch. The similarities between the story lines are striking and some of the sequences are almost exactly the same. 1 out of 1 found this helpful. Great Escape was big budget with great music.
Major Charles Coward, a POW at Stalag VIII-B, and his various exploits of derring-do and attempts at escape.
I saw the movie back in the early '60s and really enjoyed it. The film on reflection is quite shallow in it's telling of Mr. Cowards story. People watching this film expecting a serious WW2 film will be disappointed. 5 out of 13 found this helpful Directed by Andrew L. Stone. When she does, she pushes open the door as she inserts the key revealing it was never locked. These soldiers have been put to work by the Germans and the p.o.w. 5 out of 9 found this helpful A very rear thing in the early 1960's. 4 out of 6 found this helpful Boy was I p.o. 6 out of 6 found this helpful. Log in om een abonnement aan te maken. Great Escape was big budget with great music. Boy was I p.o. 19 out of 22 found this helpful 1 out of 1 found this helpful He is listed right there on the opening credits as a technical adviser! The story is one of personal courage and one man`s refusal to ignore war crimes. Andrew L. Stone adapted the material as well as directed it. Irena Alfred Lynch. He discovered there was a British Officer of Jewish blood who was put in the death camp, and Coward managed to swap places with a Jew inside Auschwitz to try to rescue this British POW from certain death! The Password is Courage is another one of those "prisoner of war escape movies" but is not ""Just"" a typical pow escape movie. I even watched it one time on TNT, and it was like over 3 hours long with the commercials, just to see Steve Mcqueen jump the barb wire (wanted to see if I could tell when the stuntman was in I guess). During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The Password Is Courage (1962) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Mr Coward, IMO, fabricated a lot of it to build his own story and ego. I just ordered the book by the same name to read more about a truly brave and blessed man, Charles Coward. A rare thing these days in movies. 'The Password is Courage', a story of prisoners of war based on the biography of a certain Seargant Coward, is a strange film. The darker aspects of his life, such as his exposure and work with the Jews at Auschwitz were omitted from the picture in order to present the German soldiers as buffoons narrative...a very incomplete picture to say the least. During the Cold War, the chief of a British intelligence code-breaking section falls in love with a new employee and shields an old co-worker, accused of Communist affiliations, from the wrath of the security branch. 6 out of 8 found this helpful. Of course this movie is being often compared to "The Great Escape". He discovered there was a British Officer of Jewish blood who was put in the death camp, and Coward managed to swap places with a Jew inside Auschwitz to try to rescue this British POW from certain death! Coward was sent to a camp near Auschwitz and almost half the book deals with his time there. The Password is Courage is a 1962 war movie based on John Castle's 1954 biography of Sgt.