Stalag 17

Stalag 171953

Director: Billy Wilder
Stars: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Runtime: 120 minutes

Black comedy and suspenseful action inside a German POW camp during World War II--a setting that was later borrowed for the TV sitcom Hogan's Heroes. The great director Billy Wilder adapted the hit stage play, applying his own wicked sense of h… more »



Sefton:
Okay, Herr Preisshoffer, let's have the mailbox.

Price:
The what?

Sefton:
The one you took out of the corner of your bunk and put in this pocket!

Sefton:
Let me show you how they did it. They did it by mail.

Harry Shapiro:
Mail?

Sefton:
That's right. Little love notes between our Security officer and Von Scherbach, with Schulz the mailman.

Sefton:
Here's the flag. They used to put a loop in the chord. (Does so) Did you ever notice? And here's the mailbox. Hollow black queens. (Pops the two queens open) Cute, huh? They delivered the mail or picked it up whenever we were out of the barracks, like for appell. And when there was a special delivery, they'd pull a phony air raid to get us out of here, like last night for instance. There wasn't a plane in the sky. Or was there, Price?

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