Stalag 17 (1953)
The star-spangled, laugh-loaded salute to our P.W. heroes!
Genre : Comedy, Thriller, War
Runtime : 2H 0M
Director : Billy Wilder
Synopsis
It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.
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