It's a bleak Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17. For the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, there appears to be a security leak. The Germans always seem to be forewarned about escapes, and in the most recent attempt, two men, Manfredi and Johnson, walked right into a trap and were killed. For some in Barracks 4, particularly the loud-mouthed Duke, the leaker is obvious: J.J. Sefton, a wheeler-dealer who doesn't hesitate to trade with the guards and who appears to have acquired goods and privileges that no other prisoner appears to have. Sefton denies giving the Germans any information and states unequivocally that he has no intention of ever attempting to flee. He intends to ride out the war in whatever little comfort he can muster, but this does not include spying for the Germans.
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It's a bleak Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17. For the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, there appears to be a security leak. The Germans always seem to be forewarned about escapes, and in the most recent attempt, two men, Manfredi and Johnson, walked right into a trap and were killed. For some in Barracks 4, particularly the loud-mouthed Duke, the leaker is obvious: J.J. Sefton, a wheeler-dealer who doesn't hesitate to trade with the guards and who appears to have acquired goods and privileges that no other prisoner appears to have. Sefton denies giving the Germans any information and states unequivocally that he has no intention of ever attempting to flee. He intends to ride out the war in whatever little comfort he can muster, but this does not include spying for the Germans.
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