Stalag 17
“The star-spangled, laugh-loaded salute to our P.W. heroes!”
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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Cast
18 people
William Holden
J.J. Sefton
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Don Taylor
James Dunbar
Known for
The Naked City
Father of the Bride
Otto Preminger
Oberst von Scherbach
Known for
The Hobbit
Robert Strauss
Stanislaus 'Animal' Kuzawa
Known for
The Seven Year Itch
Attack
Harvey Lembeck
Harry Shapiro
Known for
Love with the Proper Stranger
Raid on Entebbe
Richard Erdman
Hoffy Hoffman
Known for
Community
The Pagemaster
Peter Graves
Frank Price
Known for
Airplane!
Mission: Impossible
Neville Brand
Duke
Known for
Eaten Alive
Birdman of Alcatraz
Sig Ruman
Johann Schulz
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
Ninotchka
Michael Moore
Manfredi
Also in
The Atomic City
Pony Express
Peter Baldwin
Johnson
Known for
The Possessed
The Mattei Affair
Robinson Stone
Joey
Also in
Kiss Me, Kate
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
Billy Wilder Director · Edwin Blum Writer Donald Bevan Author
Worldwide gross $10M · Budget $1.7M · United States release May 29, 1953
Box office
Budget
$1,661,530
Worldwide gross
$10,000,000
Gross vs. budget
6.0×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German · Russian
Release dates
Canada · May 29, 1953
Theatrical
United States · May 29, 1953
Theatrical
Brazil
August 10, 1953 · Theatrical
Denmark
October 28, 1953 · Theatrical
France
October 17, 1953 · Theatrical
Japan
February 23, 1954 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 18, 2003 · Physical · DVD
South Korea
May 4, 1961 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 29, 1953 · Premiere
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