Academy Award winners William Holden and Billy Wilder reunited for this gripping World War II comedy/drama set in a notorious German prison camp. Holden portrays the jaded, scheming Sergeant J. J. Sefton a prisoner at the who spends his days dreaming up rackets and trading with the Germans for special privileges. When two captives are killed in an escape attempt, it becomes obvious that there may be a spy amongst the soldiers.