The Big Red One (1980)
The real glory of war is surviving
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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 1980-05-28
- Runtime:
- 113 min
- Genres:
- Drama, War
- Director:
- Samuel Fuller
- Top cast:
- Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco, Kelly Ward, Stéphane Audran
- Original language:
- EN
- TMDB rating:
- 6.7/10 from 337 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 6.5/10