The Big Red One (1980)
Only chance could have thrown them together. Now, nothing can pull them apart.
Starring Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine
Directed by Samuel Fuller
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.
Runtime: 113 min.
Rating: 6.7
DVD
Languages: Deutsch,English,French,Italiano
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Drama,War
Keywords: africa,sicily, italy,concentration camp,world war ii,omaha beach,d-day,sergeant
Cast
The Sergeant
Pvt. Griff, 1st Squad
Pvt. Zab, 1st Squad
Pvt. Vinci, 1st Squad
Pvt. Johnson, 1st Squad
Underground Walloon fighter at asylum
Schroeder (German sergeant)
Rensonnet
Broban (Vichy sergeant)
Vichy colonel
German Countess (extended edition) (uncredited)
Pvt. Shep (soldier on troop transport)
Pvt. Kaiser, 1st Squad
General / Captain
Dog Face POW
Switolski