The Big Red One
- Drama
- War
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.
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
Colin Gilbert
Dog Face POW
- Joseph Clark
Joseph Clark
Shep
- Ken Campbell
Ken Campbell
Lemchek
- Doug Werner
Doug Werner
Switolski
Perry Lang
Kaiser
- Howard Delman
Howard Delman
Smitty
Marthe Villalonga
Madame Marbaise
Giovanna Galletti
Woman in Sicilian Village
- Gregori Buimistre
Gregori Buimistre
The Hun
- Shimon Barr
Shimon Barr
German Male Nurse
- Matteo Zoffoli
Matteo Zoffoli
Sicilian Boy
- Abraham Ronai
Abraham Ronai
German Field Marshall
- Galit Rotman
Galit Rotman
Pregnant Frenchwoman
Samuel Fuller
War Correspondent (uncredited)
Christa Lang
German Countess (extended edition) (uncredited)
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