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Stalag 17 (1953) Rank 3 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Stalag 17 (1953) a score of 3.1277 out of 4

based on (13) reviews

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filmcritic.com - escapes Stalag 17 (Christopher Null)

Highly acclaimed, this precursor of everything from The Great Escape to Hogan's Heroes to M*A*S*H to Life is Beautiful is hardly a masterpiece, but it does get credit for being one of the first films made to laugh about war. ...read the complete Stalag 17 movie review at filmcritic.com - escapes Stalag 17 (Christopher Null)

Decent Films - faith on film (Steven D. Greydanus)

Grimly hilarious, subversive and defiant, rough around the edges, and more than a little sad, Billy Wilder's Stalag 17 may have been the inspiration for TV's "Hogan's Heroes," but this is no campy farce. ...read the complete Stalag 17 movie review at Decent Films - faith on film (Steven D. Greydanus)

QuickStopEntertainment.com (D.K. Holm)

Some Like it Hot breaks all the comedy rules. For one thing it is too long. Whereas most comedies are 90 minutes or less, Hot goes on for over two hours. The first 15 minutes or more is all back story and set up. ...read the complete Stalag 17 movie review at QuickStopEntertainment.com (D.K. Holm)

iF Magazine DVD Review

The best thing about the re-release of STALAG 17 onto DVD, beyond a nice, new digital cut of the film and restored audio, are the special features that were all but absent from other editions on DVD. ...read the complete Stalag 17 movie review at iF Magazine DVD Review

FilmHead.com - Video Pick

The first film this week is the first feature created by Aardman, the stop-motion animation studio behind the "Wallace and Gromit" series. Chicken Run tells the story about a chicken egg farm that is going to become a poultry farm. ...read the complete Stalag 17 movie review at FilmHead.com - Video Pick

Suite 101: Hollywood Archives

One of the first major films dealing with prisoners of war, Stalag 17 stars William Holden in his Oscar-winning performance as a deeply cynical prisoner who must prove his innocence when the rest of the prisoners accuse him of spying for the Germans who h ...read the complete Stalag 17 movie review at Suite 101: Hollywood Archives

Senses of Cinema

The American who best represents the average guy's attitude towards Sefton is Neville Brand's Duke. ...read the complete Stalag 17 movie review at Senses of Cinema

DVD-Dweeb.com

The other actors are on point, and that's expected from Wilder. Casting director Otto Preminger as Col. ...read the complete Stalag 17 movie review at DVD-Dweeb.com

DVD Verdict (Steve Evans) - Special Collector's Edition

Escape from Stalag 17 appears impossible. The first two U.S. officers who try to break free are machine-gunned to death seconds after crawling out of their tunnel. ...read the complete Stalag 17 movie review at DVD Verdict (Steve Evans) - Special Collector's Edition