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Release Date:
10 August 1953 (Brazil)
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Tagline:
Hilarious, heart-tugging! You'll laugh...you'll cry...you'll cheer William Holden in his great Academy Award role! (from reissue print ad)
Plot:
When two escaping American World War II prisoners are killed, the German POW camp barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 4 nominations
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(4 articles)
Walk Of Fame Honour For Mission: Impossible Star
(From WENN. 23 October 2009, 6:26 PM, PDT)
Old Ass Movies: Escape ‘Stalag 17′
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 13 September 2009, 11:17 AM, PDT)
(From WENN. 23 October 2009, 6:26 PM, PDT)
Old Ass Movies: Escape ‘Stalag 17′
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 13 September 2009, 11:17 AM, PDT)
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what Hollywood Movies used to be.......
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | William Holden | ... | Sgt. J.J. Sefton |
 | Don Taylor | ... | Lt. James Dunbar |
| Otto Preminger | ... | Col. von Scherbach |
| Robert Strauss | ... | Stanislas Kasava |
| Harvey Lembeck | ... | Harry Shapiro |
| Richard Erdman | ... | Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman |
| Peter Graves | ... | Price |
| Neville Brand | ... | Duke |
| Sig Ruman | ... | Sgt. Johann Schulz |
| Michael Moore | ... | Manfredi |
| Peter Baldwin | ... | Johnson |
| Robinson Stone | ... | Joey |
| Robert Shawley | ... | 'Blondie' Peterson |
| William Pierson | ... | Marko the Mailman |
 | Gil Stratton | ... | Clarence Harvey 'Cookie' Cook (as Gil Stratton Jr.) |
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Runtime:
120 min | Germany:116 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
West Germany:16 (f) |
Australia:G |
South Korea:12 (2004) |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:12 |
UK:PG |
USA:Approved (PCA #15866) |
Sweden:15
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William LaChasse, had a bit part in the movie. He was hired by Paramount Pictures to be in several films after WWII. They bought him a SAG card and gave him a few lines in each film. Back then, there was no Screen Extras Guild. The real reason they made him an actor was a cheap way to use him as an Assistant Production Designer. He was actually a Prisoner of War for almost three years in Germany after being shot down in his B-17 by German Messcherschmidt Fighter pilot, Otto Peter Stammberger. The production depended heavily on his recollection of how the prison camp looked. He said it started out as a "B" movie, but after "New York" saw the dailies they gave Billy Wilder Carte Blanche.
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Continuity: Stanislas "Animal" Kasava is falling on his butt into the mud, but his white underwear isn't getting dirty. Two minutes later running to see the Russians girls, he falls again and then he's muddy all over.
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Referenced in The Express (2008)
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
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A Note Regarding SpoilersWhere is the reference to adultery in "Stalag 17"?
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BILLY WILDER............ there's one thing u can count on when it comes to A WILDER movie.... thats to be ENTERTAINED.... or at least not bored...... STALAH 17 is one of the FINEST even maybe the BEST WAR Prisoner movie i have seen................ YES maybe WILDER movies aren't very REALISTIC........... and a bit tooo entertaining.... but heck with that.... thats what movies are for.... these were the days when Hollywood movies even great ones were entertaining............ Stalag 17 is an enjoyable movie..... and is also very satisfying at that..... 10/10
if u like this one then also watch THE GREAT ESCAPE, BRIDGE TO RIVER KWAI and COOL HAND Luke!!!