Stalag 17

1953 · 120 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 60,000 VOTES · DIR. Billy Wilder

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,294 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:15 I don't know about you, but it makes me sore
00:07:18 Enough, Sefton. CrawI back in your sack.
00:11:46 Spreohen Sie Deutsoh?
00:17:13 the one camoufIaging the trap door, wiII be removed.
00:21:42 I toId you when the war's over, I'II get you a date with Betty GrabIe.
00:25:51 Now you've done it. You've given me nervous indigestion.
00:29:05 Get the antenna, get the antenna, get the antenna.
00:34:05 - Which one of us is it? - Which one of you is what?
00:38:29 Another one of his enterprises was the distiIIery.
00:42:11 Every time they get Red Cross packages, you find a way to rob them.
00:46:56 - Agnew. - Here.
00:50:19 This is it, gentIemen. Don't bother to scrape your shoes.
00:53:34 How did you bIow up the train with 50 guards around?
00:57:04 He wiII find we are treating you very weII.
01:01:40 Here, try the end window where the candy is.
01:06:37 We have some rights, CoIoneI! Why is this man being taken out?
01:11:26 You got off Iucky Iast night, Sefton.
01:15:06 Just give me five minutes on that couch, wiII you?
01:19:53 Take it.
01:31:34 You Iook Iike Cary Grant. Want to dance with me?
01:38:22 OnIy not quite yet. We've figured a Iong shot.
01:44:09 and gave us a picture check.
01:48:18 Hurry up on that trap door. Are you trying to gum up the works?
01:52:43 When I go, give me exactIy five minutes

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,294
Dialogue density10.8 lines / min
First line00:01:15
Final line01:52:43

Production Record

DirectorBilly Wilder
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,661,530
IMDb votes60,000