The Big Red One (1980)

US:: PG 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.

Updated May 10 2020

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1980-07-18

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FACTS

Runtime: 113 mins Revenue: $7,206,220 Budget: $4,500,000 Rating: 6.8 Tag Line: Only chance could have thrown them together. Now, nothing can pull them apart.

Cast

Mark Hamill

Pvt. Griff, 1st Squad

Kelly Ward

Pvt. Johnson, 1st Squad

Charles Macaulay

General / Captain

Lee Marvin

The Sergeant

Stéphane Audran

Underground Walloon fighter at asylum

Bobby Di Cicco

Pvt. Vinci, 1st Squad

Alain Doutey

Broban (Vichy sergeant)

Siegfried Rauch

Schroeder (German sergeant)