Movie
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.
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Synopsis
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.
More about The Big Red One
Cast
Lee MarvinThe Sergeant
Mark HamillGriff
Robert CarradineZab
Bobby Di CiccoVinci
Kelly WardJohnson
Stéphane AudranWalloon
Siegfried RauchSchroeder
Serge MarquandRensonnetCredits
- Directed by
- Samuel Fuller
- Written by
- Samuel Fuller
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $4.5M
- Box office
- $7.2M
Production
- Lorimar Motion PicturesUnited States
