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The Big Red One

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.

1980 |1h 53m |  Drama, War

Videos

Cast

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Lee Marvin

The Sergeant

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Mark Hamill

Griff

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Robert Carradine

Zab

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Bobby Di Cicco

Vinci

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Kelly Ward

Johnson

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Stéphane Audran

Walloon

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Siegfried Rauch

Schroeder

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Serge Marquand

Rensonnet

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Charles Macaulay

General / Captain

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Alain Doutey

Broban

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Maurice Marsac

Vichy Colonel

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Marthe Villalonga

Madame Marbaise

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Giovanna Galletti

Woman in Sicilian Village

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Christa Lang

German Countess (extended edition) (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English, French, German, Italian

Budget

$4,500,000.00

Revenue

$7,206,220.00