The Big Red One (1980)

01/22/1980 (IE) • 1h 53m

Drama, War

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 Billed Cast


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$4,500,000.00

Revenue

$7,206,220.00

Keywords

sicily, italy

africa

concentration camp

world war ii

omaha beach

infantry

us army

d-day

sergeant

hospital

anti war

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