After two American prisoners are killed by guards in the act of escaping from a German POW camp in World War II, barracks black marketeer J.J. Sefton is suspected of being an informer.

William Holden
as Sgt. J.J. Sefton

Robert Strauss
as Sgt. Stanislaus 'Animal' Kuzawa

Don Taylor
as Lt. James Dunbar

Otto Preminger
as Oberst von Scherbach

Harvey Lembeck
as Sgt. Harry Shapiro

Richard Erdman
as Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman

Peter Graves
as Sgt. Frank Price

Neville Brand
as Duke

Sig Ruman
as Sgt. Johann Sebastian Schulz

Michael Moore
as Sgt. Manfredi