The Big Red One

Directed by Samuel Fuller
PG
1980    1h 53mWar, Drama
7.190%78%
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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Cast of The Big Red One

  • Lee MarvinThe Sergeant
  • Mark HamillGriff
  • Robert CarradineZab
  • Bobby Di CiccoVinci
  • Kelly WardJohnson
  • Stéphane AudranWalloon
  • Siegfried RauchSchroeder
  • Serge MarquandRensonnet
  • Charles MacaulayGeneral / Captain
  • Alain DouteyBroban
  • Maurice MarsacVichy Colonel
  • Colin GilbertDog Face POW
  • Joseph ClarkShep
  • Ken CampbellLemchek
  • Doug WernerSwitolski
  • Perry LangKaiser
  • Howard DelmanSmitty
  • Marthe VillalongaMadame Marbaise
  • Giovanna GallettiWoman in Sicilian Village
  • Gregori BuimistreThe Hun
  • Shimon BarrGerman Male Nurse
  • Matteo ZoffoliSicilian Boy
  • Abraham RonaiGerman Field Marshall
  • Galit RotmanPregnant Frenchwoman
  • Samuel FullerWar Correspondent (uncredited) / Director / Writer
  • Christa LangGerman Countess (extended edition) (uncredited)
  • Gene CormanProducer

The Big Red One Ratings & Reviews

  • Mister ArnMay 19, 2025
    "The Big Red One" has its moments, but the idea that a 60-year-old three-striper could spend all of WWII fighting on the front lines was too much for me.

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