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Also known as Big Red One

1980 film by Samuel Fuller

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6.7

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.

Released: 1980-05-28113 minDir: Samuel FullerDrama, WarBudget: $4.5MBox office: $7.2M

Cast

  • Lee Marvin as The Sergeant
  • Mark Hamill as Griff
  • Robert Carradine as Zab
  • Bobby Di Cicco as Vinci
  • Kelly Ward as Johnson
  • Stéphane Audran as Walloon

Themes

  • sicily, italy
  • africa
  • concentration camp
  • world war ii
  • omaha beach
  • infantry
  • us army
  • d-day
  • sergeant
  • hospital

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Ratings

IMDb

7.1/10

22,883 votes

Year
1980
Runtime
113 min
Genres
Drama, War

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Main subject
Operation Overlord
Screenwriter
Samuel Fuller
Composer
Dana Kaproff
Production company
Lorimar Television
Cinematographer
Adam Greenberg
Duration
156
FilmAffinity ID
622836
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
1980-10-02
title
The Big Red One
distributed by
Netflix
set in environment
desert
review score
77/100
capital cost
4000000
box office
7206220
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