The Big Red One (1980)

  • PG
  • 07/18/1980 (US)
  • Drama, War
  • 1h 53m

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

Overview

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.

Samuel Fuller

Director, Writer

Cast

Lee Marvin's headshot

Lee Marvin

The Sergeant
Mark Hamill's headshot

Mark Hamill

Griff
Robert Carradine's headshot

Robert Carradine

Zab
Bobby Di Cicco's headshot

Bobby Di Cicco

Vinci
Kelly Ward's headshot

Kelly Ward

Johnson
Stéphane Audran's headshot

Stéphane Audran

Walloon
Siegfried Rauch's headshot

Siegfried Rauch

Schroeder
Serge Marquand's headshot

Serge Marquand

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