The Big Red One (1980)
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Samuel Fuller's valedictory war picture, The Big Red One follows the First Infantry Division from Africa to Europe during the years 1942 through 1945. Lee Marvin portrays the division sergeant; he's tough and experienced, to be sure, but he takes on his job with cool professionalism rather than Hollywood bravado. Based on Fuller's own experiences, the film is a loosely constructed series of anecdotes. Among them are an insane asylum under bombardment while the inmates applaud and a climactic vignette in which a very young concentration camp internee dies while a friendly soldier plays piggy-back with the boy. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, (more)
- Director(s):
- Samuel Fuller
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Big Red One
Samuel Fuller's valedictory war picture, The Big Red One follows the First Infantry Division from Africa to Europe during the years 1942 through 1945. Lee Marvin portrays the division sergeant; he's tough and experienced, to be sure, but he takes on his job with cool professionalism rather than Hollywood bravado. Based on Fuller's own experiences, the film is a loosely constructed series of anecdotes. Among them are an insane asylum under bombardment while the inmates applaud and a climactic vignette in which a very young concentration camp internee dies while a friendly soldier plays piggy-back with the boy. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 113 mins
Complete Cast of The Big Red One
- Lee Marvin - Sergeant Possum
- Robert Carradine - Zab
- Stéphane Audran - Walloon
- Siegfried Rauch - Schroeder
- Charles Macaulay - General/Captain
- Maurice Marsac - Vichy Colonel
- Joseph Clark - Shep
- Ken Campbell - Lemchek
- Perry Lang - Kaiser
- Mark Hamill - Griff
- Bobby Di Cicco - Vinci
- Kelly Ward - Johnson
- Serge Marquand - Rensonnet
- Alain Doutey - Broban
- Colin Gilbert - Dog Face POW
- Doug Werner - Switolski
- Howard Delman - Smitty
- Marthe Villalonga - Mme. Marbaise
- Director(s):
- Samuel Fuller
- Writer(s):
- Samuel Fuller, Jim McBride
- Producer(s):
- Merv Adelson, Lee Rich, Richard Schickel
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Questionable for Children, War Violence, Adult Language, Adult Situations)
- Categories:
- War
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