They Came to Blow Up America 80 years old

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.

Credits

They Came to Blow Up America Cast

Name Character
George Sanders He was 36, 65 years old when he died as Carl Steelman / Ernst Reiter
Ward Bond He was 40, 57 years old when he died as FBI Chief Craig
Ralph Byrd He was 34, 43 years old when he died as Burkhardt
Ludwig Stössel He was 60, 89 years old when he died as Papa Julius Steelman
Kurt Katch He was 47, 62 years old when he died as Schonzeit
Robert Barrat He was 53, 80 years old when he died as Capt. Kranz
Sig Ruman He was 58, 82 years old when he died as Dr. Herman Holger
John Banner He was 33, 63 years old when he died as Gestapo Agent
Charles McGraw He was 28, 66 years old when he died as Zellerbach
Ruth Brady She was 22, 77 years old when she died as Secretary
Otto Reichow He was 38, 95 years old when he died as Adam, S.S. Trooper
Etta McDaniel She was 53, 56 years old when she died as Theresa
Sven Hugo Borg He was 46, 84 years old when he died as Cmdr. Ullrich Hauser
Dennis Hoey He was 50, 67 years old when he died as Col. Taeger
Poldi Dur She was 25, 78 years old when she died as Helga Lorenz (as Poldy Dur)
Anna Sten She was 34, 84 years old when she died as Frau Reiter
Elsa Janssen She was 59, 85 years old when she died as Mama Henrietta Steelman
Rex Williams (actor) He was 25, 87 years old when he died as Eichner

They Came to Blow Up America Crew

Name Department
James Basevi as Art Direction. He was 52 (71) years old when He died Art
Hugo Friedhofer as Original Music Composer. He was 42 (80) years old when He died Sound
Lucien N. Andriot as Director of Photography. He was 50 (86) years old when He died Camera
Aubrey Wisberg as Writer. He was 34 (81) years old when He died Writing
Nick DeMaggio as Editor. He was 52 (90) years old when He died Editing
Lee S. Marcus as Producer. He was 49 (75) years old when He died Production
Arthur Lange as Original Music Composer. He was 54 (67) years old when He died Sound
Edward Ludwig as Director. He was 43 (82) years old when He died Directing
Michael Jacoby as Story. Writing
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They Came to Blow Up America (80 years)

  • Release day: Friday, May 07, 1943
  • Runtime: 73 minutes