Film
Stalag 17 (1953)
The star-spangled, laugh-loaded salute to our P.W. heroes!
Comedy, Drama, War· Directed by Billy Wilder· 120 min
Overview
After two American prisoners are killed by guards in the act of escaping from a German POW camp in World War II, barracks black marketeer J.J. Sefton is suspected of being an informer.
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- Hilarious, heart-tugging! You'll laugh... you'll cry... you'll cheer William Holden in his great Academy Award role!
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Connections
Top billing
- William Holden as J.J. Sefton
- Don Taylor as James Dunbar
- Otto Preminger as Oberst von Scherbach
- Robert Strauss as Stanislaus 'Animal' Kuzawa
- Harvey Lembeck as Harry Shapiro