Holden's best performance ever.

Rating: 10/10 (16 August 1999)

To all you people out there who believe Holden won an Oscar in "Stalag 17" simply because he hadn't won in "Sunset boulevard", watch it again. Holden teamed up with director Billy Wilder to create a hilarious parody of German P.O.W. camps during WWII.
If I had to make a list of my top 10 most arrogant characters in cinema history, my #1 would be Holden as Sefton in this masterpiece. But it isn't only Holden's performance that makes this movie great. The supporting performances are great and so is Wilder's directing. The scene where Holden is caught by all his bunk-mates while giving the German guard all the goodies so that the guard can tell him who the stoolie is is absolutely genius because his bunk-mates are then sure he might be the stoolie.
There are many scenes of extreme laughter, especially the ones with "Animal" who is obsessed with Betty Grable. It is a true cinema masterpiece and I highly recommend it.