The Big Red One

The Big Red One (1980)

Only chance could have thrown them together. Now, nothing can pull them apart.

A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, and ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.

Date of release
1980-05-28
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (360)
Runtime
2h 42m
Genres
Drama, War
Director
Samuel Fuller

Casting

  • Lee Marvin — The Sergeant
  • Mark Hamill — Griff
  • Robert Carradine — Zab
  • Bobby Di Cicco — Vinci
  • Kelly Ward — Johnson
  • Stéphane Audran — Walloon
  • Siegfried Rauch — Schroeder
  • Serge Marquand — Rensonnet
  • Charles Macaulay — General / Captain
  • Alain Doutey — Broban
  • Maurice Marsac — Vichy Colonel
  • Colin Gilbert — Dog Face POW

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