Stalag 17
“The star-spangled, laugh-loaded salute to our P.W. heroes!”
ComedyDramaWar
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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A darkly comedic and tense wartime drama where camaraderie and suspicion simmer in equal measure. It feels like a gritty chess match played out in a POW camp, full of sharp dialogue and underlying dread.
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