Billy Wilder directs this perfect comedy about a camp of American POWs. A small group of people in this camp attempts escapes and gains prohibited possession of useful devices, but somehow they are always getting caught. They believe that there's a German spy within themselves, but who could it be? Wilder's character development in this film is seldom surpassed! This probably served as inspiration to the popular 60's sitcom, "Hogan's Heroes."
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Starring:
William Holden, John Taylor, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck, Richard Erdman, Peter Graves, Sig Rumann, Neville Brand, Michael Moore, Peter Baldwin
Directed by:
Billy Wilder
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1953 war/comedy
Not Rated.
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Don Ignacio's score: A+
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