The Big Red One
The Big Red One

The Big Red One

The real glory of war is surviving

6.7(323 votes)
1980
1h 53m
Drama
War

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.

Production

Lorimar Productions, United Artists

Cast

Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin

The Sergeant

Mark Hamill

Mark Hamill

Griff

Robert Carradine

Robert Carradine

Zab

Bobby Di Cicco

Bobby Di Cicco

Vinci

Kelly Ward

Kelly Ward

Johnson

Stéphane Audran

Stéphane Audran

Walloon

Siegfried Rauch

Siegfried Rauch

Schroeder

Serge Marquand

Serge Marquand

Rensonnet

Charles Macaulay

Charles Macaulay

General / Captain

Alain Doutey

Alain Doutey

Broban

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