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The Big Red One

19801h 53mDrama · War
directed by Samuel Fuller

“The real glory of war is surviving”

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6.7 / 10
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7.1 / 10
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77 / 100
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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.

Cast

Lee Marvin·The Sergeant
Mark Hamill·Griff
Robert Carradine·Zab
Bobby Di Cicco·Vinci
Kelly Ward·Johnson
Stéphane Audran·Walloon
Siegfried Rauch·Schroeder
Serge Marquand·Rensonnet
Charles Macaulay·General / Captain
Alain Doutey·Broban