The Big Red One (1980)
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.
- Samuel FullerWriter
- Samuel FullerDirector
StatusReleased
Original LanguageEnglish
Original titleThe Big Red One
Budget$4,500,000.00
Revenue$7,206,220.00
Casts
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
Giovanna Galletti
Woman in Sicilian Village
Gregori Buimistre
The Hun
Shimon Barr
German Male Nurse
Matteo Zoffoli
Sicilian Boy
Abraham Ronai
German Field Marshall
Galit Rotman
Pregnant Frenchwoman
Samuel Fuller
War Correspondent (uncredited)
Christa Lang
German Countess (extended edition) (uncredited)