The Big Red One

The Big Red One
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Directed by: Samuel Fuller

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.

The Big Red One
The Big Red One

Review (1)

  • Wuchak (Rated: 7)

    Sam Fuller’s WW2 tour of North Africa, Sicily and France-to-Czechoslovakia

    Shot in the summer of 1978, this was inspired by Fuller’s experiences in the war with Robert Carradine as Private Zab representing him. It’s a lot to cram into less than 2 hours, and this explains the criticisms that...

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