If you're a fan of Peter Graves, then watch this movie.

Rating: 8/10 (29 September 2005)

Six hundred sergeants cooped-up in the Nazi German POW camp during World War Two. Six hundred guys who think they're all bosses but with no command responsibilities. Six hundred guys who are angry. And one of them is an informant. The question is: which one? This is a good movie. The acting is first-rate and although the movie is somewhat theatrical, the story helps keep the movie watchable. Peter Graves is great in this movie. His character is both engagingly clever and peculiarly sinister, more so because of Mr. Graves's powerful performance. Who would think that such a wholesome looking soldier would be so loathsome? Who would think that such nice looking man would be so duplicitous? Indeed, Peter Graves's performance overshadows and in fact dominates the movie. In a way this movie is like "The Westerner," which ostensibly starred Gary Cooper but in fact was dominated by Walter Brennan, with Mr. Cooper playing a supporting role. It's the same situation in this movie, this time with Mr. Holden playing the supporting role to Mr. Graves.