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Feature film — 1980

The Big Red One (1980)

6.72h 42mDrama — War

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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Lorimar Motion Pictures

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Director: Samuel Fuller

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Cast & crew

Lee Marvin as The Sergeant

Lee Marvin

The Sergeant

Mark Hamill as Griff

Mark Hamill

Griff

Robert Carradine as Zab

Robert Carradine

Zab

Bobby Di Cicco as Vinci

Bobby Di Cicco

Vinci

Kelly Ward as Johnson

Kelly Ward

Johnson

Stéphane Audran as Walloon

Stéphane Audran

Walloon

Siegfried Rauch as Schroeder

Siegfried Rauch

Schroeder

Serge Marquand as Rensonnet

Serge Marquand

Rensonnet

Charles Macaulay as General / Captain

Charles Macaulay

General / Captain

Alain Doutey as Broban

Alain Doutey

Broban

Maurice Marsac as Vichy Colonel

Maurice Marsac

Vichy Colonel

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Colin Gilbert

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