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The Big Red One
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The Big Red One

Wed, May 28, 1980
  • Drama
  • War
Film · Synopsis

Synopsis

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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Release windows

When & where

US
  • In CinemasFri, Jul 18, 1980
GB
  • In CinemasThu, Oct 2, 1980
CA
  • In CinemasFri, Jul 25, 1980
AU
  • In CinemasThu, Nov 6, 1980
FR
  • In CinemasFri, May 16, 1980Cannes Film Festival
DE
  • In CinemasThu, Jul 24, 1980
JP
  • In CinemasSat, Jan 17, 1981
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Cast

Top of the call sheet

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