They Came to Blow Up America

They Came to Blow Up America

73 mins | Drama, War | May 7, 1943

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

73 mins | Drama, War | May 7, 1943

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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title They Came to Blow Up America
Directors Edward Ludwig
Writers Michael Jacoby, Aubrey Wisberg

Cast

George Sanders

as Carl Steelman / Ernst Reiter

Ward Bond

as FBI Chief Craig

Anna Sten

as Frau Reiter

Dennis Hoey

as Col. Taeger

Sig Ruman

as Dr. Herman Holger

Ludwig Stössel

as Papa Julius Steelman

Robert Barrat

as Capt. Kranz

Poldi Dur

as Helga Lorenz (as Poldy Dur)

Ralph Byrd

as Burkhardt

Elsa Janssen

as Mama Henrietta Steelman

Rex Williams

as Eichner

Charles McGraw

as Zellerbach

Sven Hugo Borg

as Cmdr. Ullrich Hauser

Kurt Katch

as Schonzeit

Otto Reichow

as Adam, S.S. Trooper

John Banner

as Gestapo Agent

Ruth Brady

as Secretary

Etta McDaniel

as Theresa