sicily, italy,africa,concentration camp,world war ii,omaha beach,infantry,us army,d-day,sergeant,hospital,anti war

The Big Red One (1980)

Poster for The Big Red One

Only chance could have thrown them together. Now, nothing can pull them apart.

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 & Crew

Director
Samuel Fuller
  • Profile picture of Lee Marvin
    The Sergeant Lee Marvin
  • Profile picture of Mark Hamill
    Griff Mark Hamill
  • Profile picture of Robert Carradine
    Zab Robert Carradine
  • Profile picture of Bobby Di Cicco
    Vinci Bobby Di Cicco
  • Profile picture of Kelly Ward
    Johnson Kelly Ward
  • Profile picture of Stéphane Audran
    Walloon Stéphane Audran
  • Profile picture of Siegfried Rauch
    Schroeder Siegfried Rauch
  • Profile picture of Serge Marquand
    Rensonnet Serge Marquand

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Keywords

  • sicily, italy
  • africa
  • concentration camp
  • world war ii
  • omaha beach
  • infantry
  • us army
  • d-day
  • sergeant
  • hospital
  • anti war