They Came to Blow Up America (1943)

Directed by

Edward Ludwig

Genre

war film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 13m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

FBI agents train a group of German-Americans to infiltrate a Nazi sabotage ring in the United States. The film follows their undercover mission to stop a planned attack.

suspensefulpatrioticpropagandistictensedatedseriouswartime

What happens

They Came to Blow Up America, also known as School for Sabotage and School for Saboteurs, is a 1943 American war spy film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring George Sanders and Anna Sten. It is based on the World War II Operation Pastorius. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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