"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."
William Holden
as Sgt. J.J. Sefton
Robert Strauss
as Sgt. Stanislaus 'Animal' Kuzawa
Don Taylor
as Lt. James Dunbar
Otto Preminger
as Oberst von Scherbach
Harvey Lembeck
as Sgt. Harry Shapiro
Richard Erdman
as Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
Peter Graves
as Sgt. Frank Price
Neville Brand
as Duke
Sig Ruman
as Sgt. Johann Sebastian Schulz
Michael Moore
as Sgt. Manfredi
Peter Baldwin
as Sgt. Johnson
Robinson Stone
as Joey
Robert Shawley
as Sgt. 'Blondie' Peterson
William Pierson
as Marko the Mailman
Gil Stratton
as Sgt. Clarence Harvey 'Cookie' Cook
Jay Lawrence
as Sgt. Bagradian
Erwin Kalser
as Geneva Man
Edmund Trzcinski
as 'Triz' Trzcinski
Donald Bevan
Theatre Play
Billy Wilder
Producer
Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
George Tomasini
Editor
Franz Bachelin
Art Direction
Hal Pereira
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Ray Moyer
Writer
Edwin Blum
Director
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
William Schorr
Associate Producer
Harlow Stengel
Assistant Camera
Doane Harrison
Editorial Consultant
Gordon Jennings
Special Effects
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Harold Lewis
Sound Recordist
Gene Garvin