The Big Red One (1980)

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

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.

• Released: 1980-05-28
• Genres: Drama, War
• Runtime: 1h 53m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.7/10 from 357 votes

Directed by Samuel Fuller.

Top cast

• Lee Marvin as The Sergeant
• Mark Hamill as Griff
• Robert Carradine as Zab
• Bobby Di Cicco as Vinci
• Kelly Ward as Johnson
• Stéphane Audran as Walloon
• Siegfried Rauch as Schroeder
• Serge Marquand as Rensonnet
• Charles Macaulay as General / Captain
• Alain Doutey as Broban

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Big Red One

• United States: stream on Howdy Amazon Channel; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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