Lots of loose information floating around a prison camp. Not just whether somebody's trying to escape. What outfit we were with, where we were stationed, how our radar operates.

14 seconds sound clip from the Stalag 17 movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:33:00.350 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- What's the matter? You on their team now? You think I'm the guy?

- I don't know what to think anymore.

- I understand how you feel.

- It's sort of rough. One American squealing on other Americans.

- Then again, Cookie, maybe that stoolie's not an American at all. Maybe he's a German the Krauts planted in this barracks. They do that sometimes. Just put an agent in with us, a trained specialist.

- Lots of loose information floating around a prison camp. Not just whether somebody's trying to escape. What outfit we were with, where we were stationed, how our radar operates.

- Could be, couldn't it?

- In this barracks?

- Why not? Just one of the boys. Sharing our bunks, eating our chow.

- Right in amongst the ones that beat me up. Except he beat hardest.

- Who is it?

- That's not the point, Cookie. The point is, what do you do with him?

- You tip your mitt and the jerries pull him out of here and plant him in some place else, like Stalag 16 or 15.

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