Drama ·War · United States of America · 1980 · 1h 53m

The Big Red One

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Director
Samuel Fuller
Cast
Lee Marvin as The Sergeant Mark Hamill as Griff Robert Carradine as Zab Bobby Di Cicco as Vinci Kelly Ward as Johnson Stéphane Audran as Walloon
Crew
Adam Greenberg — Director of Photography Morton Tubor — Editor Dana Kaproff — Original Music Composer Samuel Fuller — Writer Gene Corman — Producer
Tagline

The real glory of war is surviving

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.

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Mood & Themes
sicily, italyafricaconcentration campworld war iiomaha beachinfantryus armyd-daysergeanthospitalanti war
Key Collaborators
Samuel Fuller Director Adam Greenberg Director of Photography Morton Tubor Editor Dana Kaproff Original Music Composer Samuel Fuller Writer Gene Corman Producer
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