They Came to Blow Up America (1943)Because of his German parentage, government agent Carl Steelman is assigned to by his chief, Craig, to join the Nazi Bund... See full summary » Director:Edward Ludwig |
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Carl Steelman
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Ernst Reiter
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Anna Sten | ... |
Frau Reiter
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FBI Chief Craig
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Dennis Hoey | ... |
Col. Taeger of Nazi police
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Sig Ruman | ... |
Dr. Herman Holger
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Ludwig Stössel | ... |
Papa Julius Steelman
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Robert Barrat | ... |
Capt. Kranz - sabotage school chief
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Poldi Dur | ... |
Helga Lorenz
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Ralph Byrd | ... |
Burkhardt - 2d saboteur with Steelman
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Elsa Janssen | ... |
Mama Henrietta Steelman
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Rex Williams | ... |
Eichner
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Charles McGraw | ... |
Zellerbach
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Sven Hugo Borg | ... |
Cmdr. Ullrich Hauser
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Kurt Katch | ... |
Schonzeit - sabotage lecturer
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Otto Reichow | ... |
Adam, S.S. Trooper
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Storyline
Because of his German parentage, government agent Carl Steelman is assigned to by his chief, Craig, to join the Nazi Bund, to obtain information on the underground activities of the group. Steelman is welcomed and becomes a trusted member of the group. His father, Julius Steelman, unaware of this son's real mission, drives him from their home. The government agents raid a Bund meeting and Steelman assumes the identity of one of the members who was about to depart to Germany for training. In Berlin, Steelman meets and falls in love with Helga Lorenz, a member of the German underground. In order to hide his true identity and complete his mission, Steelman has to betray the girl to the Gestapo, but later manages to rescue her and see her safely on her way to England. Frau Reiter, wife of the man whose identity Steelman has assumed, threatens to turn him over to the police. He convinces the Gestapo that she is crazy and she is confined to an insane asylum... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Vieram Dinamitar a América See more »Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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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 were caught, tried, and several were executed. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When the German U-Boat surfaces near the U.S. coast, it is attacked by American bombers. The first two shots of the stock footage utilized show the attacking aircraft from the sub commander's view, the first through binocular- boxing on screen, are a trio of Lockheed Hudsons. But the overhead shot of the attack shows three Martin PBM Mariner flying boats, and then bombs are shown dropping out of a bomb-bay which the PBMs did not have. See more »
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