The Big Red One
“Only chance could have thrown them together. Now, nothing can pull them apart.”
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.
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Cast
26 people
Lee Marvin
The Sergeant
Known for
The Dirty Dozen
Point Blank
Mark Hamill
Griff
Known for
Star Wars
Regular Show
Robert Carradine
Zab
Known for
Revenge of the Nerds
Lizzie McGuire
Bobby Di Cicco
Vinci
Known for
The Night Of
Splash
Kelly Ward
Johnson
Known for
Grease
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Stéphane Audran
Walloon
Known for
Babette's Feast
The Butcher
Siegfried Rauch
Schroeder
Known for
Le Mans
Contamination
Serge Marquand
Rensonnet
Known for
Barbarella
The Grapes of Death
Charles Macaulay
General / Captain
Known for
Splash
Blacula
Alain Doutey
Broban
Known for
Napoleon
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
Maurice Marsac
Vichy Colonel
Known for
Gambit
King of Kings
Colin Gilbert
Dog Face POW
Also in
Sketch Artist
Samuel Fuller Director · Dana Kaproff Composer Adam Greenberg Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $7.2M · Budget $4.5M · United States release July 18, 1980
Box office
Budget
$4,500,000
Worldwide gross
$7,206,220
Gross vs. budget
1.6×
Production
Lorimar Motion Pictures
Production
Lorimar Productions
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Italian
Release dates
France · May 16, 1980
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · July 18, 1980
Theatrical
United States
November 12, 2004 · Theatrical · 162-minute "Reconstruction" version
Argentina
March 26, 1981 · Theatrical
Australia
November 6, 1980 · Theatrical
Belgium
August 20, 1981 · Theatrical · (Gent)
Brazil
May 28, 1980 · Theatrical
July 24, 1980 · Theatrical
May 17, 2005 · Physical · DVD/VHS Warner
Canada
July 25, 1980 · Theatrical
Colombia
May 28, 1981 · Theatrical
Czechia
June 14, 2002 · Digital
Denmark
August 8, 1980 · Theatrical
Finland
October 3, 1980 · Theatrical · (Turku)
November 21, 1980 · Theatrical
France
May 28, 1980 · Theatrical
Germany
July 24, 1980 · Theatrical
Greece
September 19, 2004 · Premiere · Athens Film Festival (restored version)
Italy
October 3, 1980 · Theatrical
Japan
January 17, 1981 · Theatrical
Mexico
January 17, 1982 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 18, 1980 · Theatrical
November 9, 2002 · TV · RTL 5
May 2, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Norway
September 26, 1980 · Theatrical
Philippines
November 11, 1980 · Theatrical · (Davao)
Portugal
April 21, 1981 · Theatrical · (Porto)
May 5, 1981 · Theatrical · (Lisbon)
Spain
October 8, 1980 · Theatrical · (Barcelona)
February 16, 1981 · Theatrical · (Madrid)
Sweden
October 18, 1980 · Theatrical
Taiwan
August 9, 1980 · Theatrical
Thailand
December 5, 1980 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 2, 1980 · Theatrical
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