Stalag 17

1953 · directed by Billy Wilder

Rating

82/100

Hit

yes

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.

Stalag 17 (1953), directed by Billy Wilder, rates 82/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• William Holden
• Don Taylor
• Otto Preminger
• Robert Strauss
• Harvey Lembeck
• Richard Erdman
• Peter Graves
• Neville Brand
• Sig Ruman
• Michael Moore

Crew

• Ernest Laszlo — Director of Photography
• George Tomasini — Editor
• Franz Waxman — Original Music Composer
• Billy Wilder — Writer
• Edwin Blum — Writer

More from Billy Wilder

1. Some Like It Hot (1959) — 99/100 · hit
2. Sunset Boulevard (1950) — 98/100 · hit
3. Double Indemnity (1944) — 98/100 · hit
4. The Apartment (1960) — 97/100 · hit
5. The Lost Weekend (1945) — 90/100 · hit
6. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) — 85/100 · hit

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