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They Came to Blow Up America is an American war film first released in 1943,
directed by Edward Ludwig.
The film stars George Sanders, Anna Sten, Ward Bond, Dennis Hoey and Sig Ruman.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Edward Ludwig
- Script: Michael Jacoby, Aubrey Wisberg
- Photo: Lucien N. Andriot
- Music: Hugo Friedhofer, Leigh Harline, Arthur Lange
- Cast: George Sanders (Carl Steelman), Anna Sten (Frau Reiter), Ward Bond (FBI Chief Craig), Dennis Hoey (Col. Taeger of Nazi police), Sig Ruman (Dr. Herman Holger), Ludwig Stössel (Papa Julius Steelman), Robert Barrat (Capt. Kranz), Poldi Dur (Helga Lorenz), Ralph Byrd (Heinrich Burkhardt), Elsa Janssen (Mama Henrietta Steelman), Rex Williams (Eichner), Charles McGraw (Zellerbach), Sven Hugo Borg (Cmdr. Ullrich Hauser), Kurt Katch (Schonzeit), Otto Reichow (Adam, S.S. Trooper), André Charlot (Zugholtz), Arno Frey (Kranz’ Aide), Sam Wren (Jones), Etta McDaniel (Theresa, Steelmann’s Maid), Peter Michael (Gertzer), Dick Hogan (Coast Guardsman), Lisa Golm (Stockings Saleslady), Wolfgang Zilzer (Schlegel), John Banner (Gestapo agent), Ruth Brady (Secretary), Egon Brecher (Kirschner), Frederic Brunn (German Soldier), Albert D’Arno (German Soldier), John Epper (Dispatch Rider), Frederick Giermann (Gestapo Agent at Desk), Henry Guttman (Fiertag, at Bund Meeting), Eula Guy (Anne the Nurse), George Lynn (Herman, Gestapo Driver), John Merton (Policeman in Bund Raid), Torben Meyer (Gottwald), John Mylong (German Officer), Fred Nurney (The real Ernst Reiter), Hugh Prosser (FBI Man), Walter Sande (Coast Guard desk chief), Jack Shea (FBI Agent Escorting Carl), Arthur Space (FBI man arresting rowboat spy), Walter O. Stahl (Col. Taeger’s Aide), Robert R. Stephenson (Sentry), Charles Tannen (Smith aka Smitty), Sigurd Tor (Holtzfeld), Bruce Warren (FBI man), William Yetter Sr. (Gestapo agent)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 73 min; B&W
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