USA
Feature Film
Director: Billy Wilder
Writer: Billy Wilder, Edwin Blum, Donald Bevan, Edmund Trzcinski
Cinematographer: Ernest Laszlo
Cast: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck, Richard Erdman, Peter Graves, Neville Brand, Sig Ruman, Michael Moore, Peter Baldwin
Billy Wilder’s WWII prisoner-of-war comedy follows Sefton’s (William Holden) attempts to clear his name after being wrongly accused of colluding with the enemy. Self-obsessed, materialistic, with seldom a thought for anyone but himself, Sefton is the type of man that has coffee and eggs for breakfast, whilst those around him have to make do with a ladle of washing-up water. Unsurprisingly he is not the most popular resident of Stalag 17. So when an escape attempt goes tragically wrong, leaving two American prisoners dead, a mole is suspected and suspicion points towards Sefton. Not one of Wilder’s best, but entertaining nonetheless.
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- Animated Short Film (3)
- Animated Short Film Trilogy (1)
- Feature Documentary (1)
- Feature Film (16)
- Novel (6)
- Short Documentary (4)
- Short Film (1)
- Short Story Collection (3)
- Television Film (3)
- Television Mini-Series (2)
- Television Series (6)
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