The Password Is Courage (1962)

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

A Brilliant Conflict

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Although this prisoner-of-war picture packs all the familiar ingredients into its plot, somehow it fails to come across even a fraction as effectively as thirty or forty similar movies I could name. Of course, the cast presents a considerable stumbling block. Dirk Bogarde is the only actor who seems to be pulling his weight. Everyone else turns in such lightweight portrayals, you'd think they were vacationing in a holiday camp. Even the Germans are an unconvincing lot. On the plus side, the movie does present some spectacular moments for railroad buffs, and the photography is suitably bleak. All told, I suppose the movie would offer reasonable entertainment for those who haven't seen "The Wooden Horse", "The Colditz Story", "The Great Escape", etc. But for those who are well acquainted with these far more powerful accounts, "Password" is a limp offering indeed.

A good story totally let down by the cheap way it was made, surely one could have afforded a trip into France or Belgium to film it. The locations are so obviously British it is embarrassing, the scene at the cottage for example with a real English door knocker, and the train which is a LMR class 8f if my memory is correct.Obviously nothing can be done about this but remake what could, and should have been a damn good film!I have not used enough lines it seems I need ten, but there is nothing else to say except why cant I say all that needs to be said in less than ten lines, and stop my fingers hurting by typing more than I need to etc, etc, is that enough now please?Still some more lines to write so I am told I wonder why I bothered in the first place.Just checked out Charles Coward who was portrayed by Bogarde in the film, which goes to prove this should have been a blockbuster not a B movie. I suggest a remake as this man did far more than the original film depicts, so yes the 1962 version is total absolute unadulterated rubbish!

First of all this film is based on Charlie Cowards Biography so a lot of it is quite correct,but like all films artistic licence has crept in for the sake of continuity,all in all the film is entertaining,now lets look at when it was made.The Early 60s, when a lot of memories from World War 2 were still fresh in peoples minds so a lot what was in Charlie Cowards book would have had the red pencil put through it as unsuitable.Lastly not only was Charlie Coward a Technical Adviser on this film he also appeared in it as an ordinary British Soldier in the scene where they are having a party after he is released from solitary confinementJohn Wignall

I've just finished watching this film for the first time in many years and found it disappointing. The only thing that kept me viewing is the fact that my father was incarcerated in Stalag 8b (the setting for the majority of the film). Although this film is historically correct for the most part the detail is very inaccurate, the acting almost amateur and the depiction of conditions makes the Stalag look like a holiday camp, which it certainly was not.As with the previous comment I can only assume that this is an attempt to make light of a situation that meant many years of hardship and misery for many brave men. Unless you have a personal interest in the film subject I wouldn't bother watching.