The Big Red One

The Big Red One

113 mins | Drama, War | Jan. 22, 1980

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.

The Big Red One

113 mins | Drama, War | Jan. 22, 1980

The Big Red One
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers United Artists, Lorimar Productions
Original title The Big Red One
Directors Todd Corman, Avner Orshalimy, Gary Zembow, Leo Zisman, Lynn A. Aber, Samuel Fuller, Lewis Teague, Monte Hellman, Arne Schmidt
Writers Samuel Fuller

Cast

Lee Marvin

as The Sergeant

Mark Hamill

as Griff

Bobby Di Cicco

as Vinci

Kelly Ward

as Johnson

Stéphane Audran

as Walloon

Siegfried Rauch

as Schroeder

Serge Marquand

as Rensonnet

Charles Macaulay

as General / Captain

Alain Doutey

as Broban

Maurice Marsac

as Vichy Colonel

Colin Gilbert

as Dog Face POW

Joseph Clark

as Shep

Ken Campbell

as Lemchek

Doug Werner

as Switolski

Perry Lang

as Kaiser

Howard Delman

as Smitty

Marthe Villalonga

as Madame Marbaise

Giovanna Galletti

as Woman in Sicilian Village

Gregori Buimistre

as The Hun

Shimon Barr

as German Male Nurse

Matteo Zoffoli

as Sicilian Boy

Abraham Ronai

as German Field Marshall

Galit Rotman

as Pregnant Frenchwoman

Samuel Fuller

as War Correspondent (uncredited)

Christa Lang

as German Countess (extended edition) (uncredited)