

The Big Red One
1980 · Movie · 1h 53m · PG
DramaWar
"The real glory of war is surviving"
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
77/100
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
Stills
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Themes
sicily, italyafricaconcentration campworld war iiomaha beachinfantryus armyd-daysergeanthospitalanti war











