Movie·1980·1h 53m
The Big Red One
The real glory of war is surviving
Country
United States of America
Language
German
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The Story
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.
Producer
Gene Corman
Cinematography
Adam Greenberg
Music
Dana Kaproff
Editor
Morton Tubor
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Lee Marvin
The Sergeant
Mark Hamill
Griff
Robert Carradine
Zab
Bobby Di Cicco
Vinci
Kelly Ward
Johnson
Stéphane Audran
Walloon
Siegfried Rauch
Schroeder
Serge Marquand
Rensonnet
Charles Macaulay
General / Captain
Alain Doutey
Broban
Maurice Marsac
Vichy Colonel
Colin Gilbert
Dog Face POW
Joseph Clark
Shep
Ken Campbell
Lemchek
Doug Werner
Switolski
Perry Lang
Kaiser
Howard Delman
Smitty
Marthe Villalonga
Madame Marbaise
// crew
Crew
Samuel Fuller
Director, Writer
Adam Greenberg
Director of Photography
Gene Corman
Producer
Dana Kaproff
Original Music Composer
Morton Tubor
Editor
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