As the highest-ranking prisoner of war, the cool and confident Hogan leads his men not to escape, but to stay put, spy, and generally confound their German captors. Whether he's romancing a French Resistance woman while Allied bombs fall all around him or impersonating a Gestapo officer at a neighboring Gasthaus, no mission is too impossible. With Col. Klink as his commanding counterpart, it's not difficult to tell who truly runs Stalag 13. Aided by his willing crew, Hogan's ingenuity easily transforms Klink, Schultz, and the occasional visiting Herr General into bumbling Teutonic "Drei Stooges!"