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The Big Red One

PG

1980

113 minutes

DramaWar

Overview

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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Top Cast

Lee Marvin headshot

Lee Marvin

The Sergeant

Mark Hamill headshot

Mark Hamill

Griff

Robert Carradine headshot

Robert Carradine

Zab

Bobby Di Cicco headshot

Bobby Di Cicco

Vinci

Kelly Ward headshot

Kelly Ward

Johnson

Stéphane Audran headshot

Stéphane Audran

Walloon

Siegfried Rauch headshot

Siegfried Rauch

Schroeder

Serge Marquand headshot

Serge Marquand

Rensonnet

Charles Macaulay headshot

Charles Macaulay

General / Captain

Alain Doutey headshot

Alain Doutey

Broban

Maurice Marsac headshot

Maurice Marsac

Vichy Colonel

Colin Gilbert headshot

Colin Gilbert

Dog Face POW

Joseph Clark headshot

Joseph Clark

Shep

Ken Campbell headshot

Ken Campbell

Lemchek

Doug Werner headshot

Doug Werner

Switolski

Perry Lang headshot

Perry Lang

Kaiser

Howard Delman headshot

Howard Delman

Smitty

Marthe Villalonga headshot

Marthe Villalonga

Madame Marbaise

Giovanna Galletti headshot

Giovanna Galletti

Woman in Sicilian Village

Gregori Buimistre headshot

Gregori Buimistre

The Hun

Shimon Barr headshot

Shimon Barr

German Male Nurse

Matteo Zoffoli headshot

Matteo Zoffoli

Sicilian Boy

Abraham Ronai headshot

Abraham Ronai

German Field Marshall

Galit Rotman headshot

Galit Rotman

Pregnant Frenchwoman

Samuel Fuller headshot

Samuel Fuller

War Correspondent (uncredited)

Christa Lang headshot

Christa Lang

German Countess (extended edition) (uncredited)