They Came to Blow Up America (1943)
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Directors
Edward Ludwig
Cast
George Sanders
The story
When only six of eight would-be German saboteurs are sentenced to death by an American court during World War II, an FBI agent complains to his boss, Craig (Ward Bond), about the other two. Craig tells him about one of the men sentenced to prison. A flashback ensues.
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