The Big Red One

Samuel Fuller
1980-01-22

Only chance could have thrown them together. Now, nothing can pull them apart.
6.708
113 min

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

Name Character Team
Lee Marvin The Sergeant Unowned
Mark Hamill Griff Unowned
Robert Carradine Zab Unowned
Bobby Di Cicco Vinci Unowned
Kelly Ward Johnson Unowned
Stéphane Audran Walloon Unowned
Siegfried Rauch Schroeder Unowned
Serge Marquand Rensonnet Unowned
Charles Macaulay General / Captain Unowned
Alain Doutey Broban Unowned
Maurice Marsac Vichy Colonel Unowned
Colin Gilbert Dog Face POW Unowned
Joseph Clark Shep Unowned
Ken Campbell Lemchek Unowned
Doug Werner Switolski Unowned
Perry Lang Kaiser Unowned
Howard Delman Smitty Unowned
Marthe Villalonga Madame Marbaise Unowned
Giovanna Galletti Woman in Sicilian Village Unowned
Gregori Buimistre The Hun Unowned
Shimon Barr German Male Nurse Unowned
Matteo Zoffoli Sicilian Boy Unowned
Abraham Ronai German Field Marshall Unowned
Galit Rotman Pregnant Frenchwoman Unowned
Samuel Fuller War Correspondent (uncredited) Unowned
Christa Lang German Countess (extended edition) (uncredited) Unowned