The Big Red One
6.7
113 minutes
1/22/1980
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.
Cast List
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
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)