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They Came to Blow Up America

Release Year
1943
Runtime
1h 13m
Genres
Drama
War
Directed By
Edward Ludwig
They Came to Blow Up America

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.

Cast & Crew

Cast

George Sanders

Carl Steelman / Ernst Reiter

Anna Sten

Frau Reiter

Dennis Hoey

Col. Taeger

Sig Ruman

Dr. Herman Holger

Robert Barrat

Capt. Kranz

Poldi Dur

Helga Lorenz (as Poldy Dur)

Ralph Byrd

Burkhardt

Elsa Janssen

Mama Henrietta Steelman

Rex Williams

Eichner

Charles McGraw

Zellerbach

Sven Hugo Borg

Cmdr. Ullrich Hauser

Kurt Katch

Schonzeit

Crew

Edward Ludwig

Director

Lucien N. Andriot

Director of Photography

Leigh Harline

Original Music Composer

Arthur Lange

Original Music Composer

Nick DeMaggio

Editor

Lee S. Marcus

Producer

Aubrey Wisberg

Writer

Michael Jacoby

Story

James Basevi

Art Direction

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