The Big Red One

The Big Red One

1980
1h 53m
6.7

6.7/10

333 votes • View on IMDb

"The real glory of war is surviving"

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.

Status: Released

Budget: $4,500,000

Revenue: $7,206,220

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Lorimar Motion Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
German Italian French English

Quick Facts

Release Date May 28, 1980
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0080437

Cast

Lee Marvin
Lee Marvin

The Sergeant

Mark Hamill
Mark Hamill

Griff

Robert Carradine
Robert Carradine

Zab

Bobby Di Cicco
Bobby Di Cicco

Vinci

Kelly Ward
Kelly Ward

Johnson

Stéphane Audran
Stéphane Audran

Walloon

Siegfried Rauch
Siegfried Rauch

Schroeder

Serge Marquand
Serge Marquand

Rensonnet

Charles Macaulay
Charles Macaulay

General / Captain

Alain Doutey
Alain Doutey

Broban

Maurice Marsac
Maurice Marsac

Vichy Colonel

Colin Gilbert
Colin Gilbert

Dog Face POW

Key Crew

Samuel Fuller
Director
Samuel Fuller
Writer
Gene Corman
Producer