News for
Stalag 17 (1953) More at IMDbPro »

2 articles from 2009

23 October 2009 6:26 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

TV and movie veteran Peter Graves is to be honoured with the 2,391st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The actor will unveil his star, a block away from where he once lived as a struggling actor, on 30 October.

As well as starring in the Mission: Impossible TV series, Graves also starred in the movies Stalag 17 and comedy Airplane.

Next year marks the 60th anniversary of his acting career. He'll also be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Ojai Film Festival next month. »

Permalink | Report a problem

13 September 2009 11:17 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Every Sunday, Film School Rejects presents a movie that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents: Stalag 17 (1953) Stalag 17 begins with an escape from the tightly controlled Luftwaffe prison camp during the last year of WWII. As the two men snake their way through a tunnel, it's a little too easy for the Germans to find them and fill them full of bullets. The meaning is clear. There's a rat amongst our heroes. The members of Barracks 17 live out a day-to-day life in the Nazi prisoner camp while attempting to discover an informant in their midst and plan for their next escape attempt. There's Price (Peter Graves), the dashing security officer; Sefton (William Holden), the standoffish asshole who openly barters with the enemy for goods; Shapiro (Harvey Lembeck) and Animal (Robert Strauss), the comedic pair that plot entrance to the women's camp and »

- Dr. Cole Abaius

2 articles from 2009