
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.
Cast

William Holden
Sgt. J.J. Sefton

Robert Strauss
Sgt. Stanislaus 'Animal' Kuzawa

Don Taylor
Lt. James Dunbar

Otto Preminger
Oberst von Scherbach

Harvey Lembeck
Sgt. Harry Shapiro

Richard Erdman
Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman

Peter Graves
Sgt. Frank Price

Neville Brand
Duke

Sig Ruman
Sgt. Johann Sebastian Schulz

Michael Moore
Sgt. Manfredi

Peter Baldwin
Sgt. Johnson

Robinson Stone
Joey
Robert Shawley
Sgt. 'Blondie' Peterson

William Pierson
Marko the Mailman

Gil Stratton
Sgt. Clarence Harvey 'Cookie' Cook
Jay Lawrence
Sgt. Bagradian

Erwin Kalser
Geneva Man
Edmund Trzcinski
'Triz' Trzcinski
Crew

Billy Wilder
Director, Writer, Producer
Edwin Blum
Writer
George Tomasini
Editor

Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
William Schorr
Associate Producer
Harlow Stengel
Assistant Camera

Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Harold Lewis
Sound Recordist
Gene Garvin
Sound Recordist
Gordon Jennings
Special Effects

Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Ray Moyer
Set Decoration

Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Doane Harrison
Editorial Consultant
Donald Bevan
Theatre Play
Edmund Trzcinski
Theatre Play
Hal Pereira
Art Direction

Franz Bachelin
Art Direction
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