Stalag 17

Stalag 17

It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17. In Barracks 4 there's a security leak - the Germans always seem to be forewarned about escapes; and in the most recent attempt the two men, Manfredi and Johnson, walked straight into a trap and were killed. For the men of Barracks 4, the snitch looks obvious: J.J. Sefton, a much-despised wheeler-dealer who doesn't hesitate to trade with the guards and who has acquired goods and privileges that other prisoners can only dream about. Sefton makes it clear that he plans to ride out the war in what little comfort he can arrange, but denies giving the Germans any information. As tensions mount and mob mentality takes root, it becomes obvious Sefton will have to find the real German agent in their midst.