
The Big Red One ( 1980 )
"The real glory of war is surviving"
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.
Top Cast

Lee Marvin
The Sergeant

Mark Hamill
Griff

Robert Carradine
Zab

Bobby Di Cicco
Vinci

Kelly Ward
Johnson

Stéphane Audran
Walloon

Siegfried Rauch
Schroeder

Serge Marquand
Rensonnet

Charles Macaulay
General / Captain

Alain Doutey
Broban

Maurice Marsac
Vichy Colonel
Colin Gilbert
Dog Face POW
Joseph Clark
Shep
Ken Campbell
Lemchek
Doug Werner
Switolski

Perry Lang
Kaiser
Howard Delman
Smitty

Marthe Villalonga
Madame Marbaise

Giovanna Galletti
Woman in Sicilian Village
Gregori Buimistre
The Hun
Shimon Barr
German Male Nurse
Matteo Zoffoli
Sicilian Boy
Abraham Ronai
German Field Marshall
Galit Rotman
Pregnant Frenchwoman

Samuel Fuller
War Correspondent (uncredited)

Christa Lang
German Countess (extended edition) (uncredited)
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