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67% Critic Match
The Big Red One
“The real glory of war is surviving”
6.7 / 10• 1980• 1h 53m•PG• English
DramaWar
Storyline
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
Lee Marvin
The Sergeant
Lead
Mark Hamill
Griff
Robert Carradine
Zab
Bobby Di Cicco
Vinci
Kelly Ward
Johnson
Stéphane Audran
Walloon
Siegfried Rauch
Schroeder
Serge Marquand
Rensonnet
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Samuel Fuller's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Big Red One is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
