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A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, Metacritic 77/100. Scores higher than 82% of the 1,357 1980s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic77/100
357 audience votes
Key crew
- Samuel FullerDirector
- Samuel FullerWriter
- Dana KaproffOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Lee MarvinThe Sergeant
- Mark HamillGriff
- Robert CarradineZab
- Bobby Di CiccoVinci
- Kelly WardJohnson
- Stéphane AudranWalloon
- Siegfried RauchSchroeder
- Serge MarquandRensonnet
- Charles MacaulayGeneral / Captain
- Alain DouteyBroban
- Maurice MarsacVichy Colonel
- Colin GilbertDog Face POW
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Themes
sicily, italyafricaconcentration campworld war iiomaha beachinfantryus armyd-daysergeanthospitalanti war
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