When two escaping American World War II prisoners are killed, the German POW camp barracks black marketeer is suspected of being an informer.
A typical Billy Wilder mixture of humor and drama, an ensemble piece, highly entertaining, but politically a bit dubious, if not dated.
Halliwell**: "High jinks, violence and mystery in a sharply calculated mixture; an atmosphere quite different from the understated British films on the subject."
Maltin****: "The pinnacle of all WW2 POW films...Wilder brilliantly blends drama with comedy to show monotonous, anxiety-ridden life of POWs."
