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Rating: 7.5 stars

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All movies seen on 04/29/2016

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The Big Red One (1980)

Directed by Samuel Fuller

War | Drama

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.

Rated PG | Length 113 minutes

Actors

Lee Marvin | Mark Hamill | Robert Carradine | Bobby Di Cicco | Kelly Ward | Stéphane Audran | Siegfried Rauch | Serge Marquand | Charles Macaulay | Alain Doutey | Maurice Marsac | Colin Gilbert | Joseph Clark | Ken Campbell | Doug Werner | Perry Lang | Howard Delman | Marthe Villalonga | Giovanna Galletti | Gregori Buimistre | Shimon Barr | Matteo Zoffoli | Abraham Ronai | Galit Rotman | Samuel Fuller | Christa Lang

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

My first introduction to Sam Fuller way back in the ‘80s. It was great to revisit this even though I forgot how long it was. I always remembered the focus being on Mark Hamill but this is Lee Marvin’s show all the way.

Some scenes come off as a bit clunky now but I still love how this movie doesn’t shy away from picturing all the vagaries of war including it’s unsentimental moments.

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