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Stalag 17 (1953)

120 mins

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DRAMA

WAR

When two escaping American World War II prisoners are killed, the German POW camp barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.

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name	character
Neville Brand	Duke
Richard Erdman	Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
Peter Graves	Price
William Holden	Sgt. J.J. Sefton
Jay Lawrence	Sgt. Bagradian
Harvey Lembeck	Harry Shapiro
William Pierson	Marko the Mailman
Otto Preminger	Col. von Scherbach
Sig Ruman	Sgt. Johann Sebastian Schulz
Gil Stratton	Sgt. Clarence Harvey 'Cookie' Cook
Robert Strauss	Sgt. Stanislas 'Animal' Kasava
Don Taylor	Lt. James Dunbar

name
Donald Bevan	writer (original)
Edwin Blum	screenplay
Leonid Raab	composer
William Schorr	producer
Edmund Trzcinski	writer (original)
Billy Wilder	director, screenplay, producer

award	category	name	year
Academy Award	Best Actor in a Leading Role	William Holden	1953