The Big Red One
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.
Release Date
January 22, 1980Runtime
113 minRating
PGDirected by
Avner Orshalimy, Todd Corman, Leo Zisman, Monte Hellman, Gary Zembow, Arne Schmidt, Lewis Teague, Samuel Fuller, Lynn A. AberWritten by
Samuel FullerLanguage
EnglishBudget
$4,500,000Revenue
$7,206,220Status
ReleasedCast
Lee Marvin
The SergeantMark Hamill
GriffRobert Carradine
ZabBobby Di Cicco
VinciKelly Ward
JohnsonStéphane Audran
WalloonSiegfried Rauch
SchroederSerge Marquand
RensonnetCharles Macaulay
General / CaptainAlain Doutey
BrobanMaurice Marsac
Vichy ColonelPerry Lang
KaiserMarthe Villalonga
Madame MarbaiseGiovanna Galletti
Woman in Sicilian VillageSamuel Fuller
War Correspondent (uncredited)Christa Lang
German Countess (extended edition) (uncredited)Images
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