When Hell Broke Loose

Nov 1, 1958

1h 18m

★ 5.3

THE MOST FANTASTIC PLOT OF WORLD WAR TWO! Women were their pawns...fanatics in GI uniforms their weapons---

Overview

Near the end of the war in Germany, GI Steve Boland, a self-described "sharp-operator", meets a German girl, Ilsa, and they fall in love. Ilsa's brother Karl, whom she has not seen in three years, and his fellow Nazi Ludwig visit Ilsa. Karl proudly informs her that he and Ludwig are "Werewolves", a group of Nazi assassins parachuted behind Allied lines for the purpose of killing Allied High Command officers. She and Steve go to Army Intelligence with their information, where Steve is immediately arrested for being A.W.O.L. Captain Melton of Army G-2 intervenes on Steve's behalf, as G-2 has had a suspicion about the existence of the "Werewolves" but no concrete info before now.

Genres

War

Drama

Production Companies

Dolworth Productions

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Cast

Steve Boland

Charles Bronson

Karl

Richard Jaeckel

Jonesie

Robert Easton

Brooklyn

Eddie Foy III

Ilsa

Violet Rensing

Ludwig

Arvid Nelson

Myra

Anne Wakefield

Tommy

Joley Marino

Captain Melton

Dennis McCarthy

Captain Grayson

Robert Stevenson

Ruby

Kathy Carlyle

Col. Crandall

Russell Thorson

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