Stalag 17 70 years old

The star-spangled, laugh-loaded salute to our P.W. heroes!

Stalag 17

It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.

Credits

Stalag 17 Cast

Name Character
Don Taylor He was 32, 78 years old when he died as Lt. James Dunbar
Neville Brand He was 32, 71 years old when he died as Duke
Peter Graves He was 27, 83 years old when he died as Sgt. Frank Price
Otto Preminger He was 47, 80 years old when he died as Oberst von Scherbach
William Holden He was 35, 63 years old when he died as Sgt. J.J. Sefton
Harvey Lembeck He was 30, 58 years old when he died as Sgt. Harry Shapiro
Peter Baldwin He was 22, 86 years old when he died as Sgt. Johnson
Gil Stratton He was 30, 86 years old when he died as Sgt. Clarence Harvey 'Cookie' Cook
Sig Ruman He was 68, 82 years old when he died as Sgt. Johann Sebastian Schulz
William Pierson He was 41, 93 years old when he died as Marko the Mailman
Richard Erdman He was 27, 93 years old when he died as Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
Jay Lawrence He was 29, 63 years old when he died as Sgt. Bagradian
Robert Strauss He was 39, 61 years old when he died as Sgt. Stanislaus 'Animal' Kuzawa
Edmund Trzcinski He was 32, 75 years old when he died as 'Triz' Trzcinski

Stalag 17 Crew

Name Department
George Tomasini as Editor. He was 44 (55) years old when He died Editing
Doane Harrison as Editorial Consultant. He was 58 (74) years old when He died Editing
Hal Pereira as Art Direction. He was 48 (78) years old when He died Art
Sam Comer as Set Decoration. He was 59 (81) years old when He died Art
Franz Waxman as Original Music Composer. He was 46 (60) years old when He died Sound
Edwin Blum as Writer. He was 46 (88) years old when He died Writing
William Schorr as Associate Producer. Production
Ernest Laszlo as Director of Photography. He was 55 (85) years old when He died Camera
Franz Bachelin as Art Direction. He was 57 (84) years old when He died Art
Gene Garvin as Sound Recordist. Sound
Harold Lewis as Sound Recordist. He was 29 (87) years old when He died Sound
Gordon Jennings as Special Effects. He was 57 (57) years old when He died Crew
Billy Wilder as Director. He was 46 (95) years old when He died Directing
Billy Wilder as Producer. He was 46 (95) years old when He died Production
Billy Wilder as Writer. He was 46 (95) years old when He died Writing
Donald Bevan as Theatre Play. He was 33 (93) years old when He died Writing
Edmund Trzcinski as Theatre Play. He was 32 (75) years old when He died Writing
Stalag 17 poster
Stalag 17 (70 years)

The star-spangled, laugh-loaded salute to our P.W. heroes!

  • Release day: Friday, May 29, 1953
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Budget: 1661530.00