The Big Red One

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

Jul 18 1980 R 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.

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Plot

The story of a hardened army sergeant and four of his men, from their first fight at the Kasserine Pass after the invasion of North Africa through to the invasion of Sicily, D-Day, the Ardennes forest and the liberation of a concentration camp at the end of the war. As the five of them fight - and survive to fight yet again in the next battle - new recruits joining the squad are swatted down by the enemy on a regular basis. The four privates are naturally reluctant to get to know any of the new recruits joining the squad, who become just a series of nameless faces.

Written by

Samuel Fuller

Directed by

Samuel Fuller

Cast

Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

United Artists, Lorimar Productions

Languages

Italiano, Français, English, Deutsch

Awards

2 wins & 2 nominations

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Average Rating
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