The Big Red One (1980) Watch Online Trailer

A veteran sergeant of the 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, ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.



The Big Red One (1980)
Released: 28 May 1980
Runtime: 113 min
Rated: R
Director: Samuel Fuller
Writer(s): Samuel Fuller
Actors: Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco
Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination.
IMDB Ratings: 7.2



Plot: The story of a hardened army Sergeant and four of his men from their first fight at the Kasserine Pass after the invasion of North Africa through to the invasion of Sicily, D-Day, the Ardennes forest and the liberation of a concentration camp at the end of the war. As the five of them fight - and survive to fight yet again in the next battle - new recruits joining the squad are swatted down by the enemy on a regular basis. The four privates are naturally reluctant to get to know any of the new recruits joining the squad, who become just a series of nameless faces.