- As duly elected compound chief, I protest the way these bodies are left lying in the mud.
- Anything else?
- Yes. According to the Geneva Convention, dead prisoners are to be given a decent burial.

10 seconds sound clip from the Stalag 17 movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:16:32.892 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Now you wouldn't want that to happen to me, would you?

- Fortunately, those two men...

- As I was saying, fortunately, those two men did not get very far. They had the good sense to rejoin us again, so my record would stand unblemished.

- Nobody has ever escaped from Stalag 17. Not alive, anyway.

- Sergeant Hoffman of Barracks 4.

- Yes, Sergeant Hoffman.

- As duly elected compound chief, I protest the way these bodies are left lying in the mud.

- Anything else?

- Yes. According to the Geneva Convention, dead prisoners are to be given a decent burial.

- Of course. I'm aware of the Geneva Convention. They'll be given the burial they deserve.

- Or perhaps you would suggest we haul in 21 cannons from the eastern front and give them a 21 -gun salute?

- For the last time, gentlemen, let me remind you, any prisoners found outside of barracks after lights out will be shot on sight.

- Furthermore, the iron stove in Barrack 4, the one camouflaging the trap door, will be removed.

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