The Big Red One (1980)

The real glory of war is surviving

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.

Genres: Drama, War

Stars: Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco, Kelly Ward

Release Date: 1980-05-28

Country: United States of America

Ratings: 6.7 / 10 (328 votes)

Runtime: 113 mins