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They Came to Blow Up America

Edward Ludwig

1943 • 1h 13m

Based on a true incident that occurred in 1942 when nine Nazi saboteurs were put ashore on the coast of Long Island, New York, by submarine, with orders to blow up various defense installations.

They Came to Blow Up America

Cast

George Sanders

George SandersCarl Steelman / Ernst Reiter

Ward Bond

Ward BondFBI Chief Craig

Anna Sten

Anna StenFrau Reiter

Dennis Hoey

Dennis HoeyCol. Taeger

Sig Ruman

Sig RumanDr. Herman Holger

Ludwig Stössel

Ludwig StösselPapa Julius Steelman

Robert Barrat

Robert BarratCapt. Kranz

Poldi Dur

Poldi DurHelga Lorenz (as Poldy Dur)

Ralph Byrd

Ralph ByrdBurkhardt

Elsa Janssen

Elsa JanssenMama Henrietta Steelman

Rex Williams

Rex WilliamsEichner

Charles McGraw

Charles McGrawZellerbach

Sven Hugo Borg

Sven Hugo BorgCmdr. Ullrich Hauser

Kurt Katch

Kurt KatchSchonzeit

Otto Reichow

Otto ReichowAdam, S.S. Trooper

Crew

Edward Ludwig

Edward LudwigDirector

Hugo Friedhofer

Hugo FriedhoferOriginal Music Composer

Leigh Harline

Leigh HarlineOriginal Music Composer

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