The Big Red One
Summary:
Samuel Fuller's valedictory war picture, The Big Red One follows the First Infantry Division from Africa to Europe during the years 1942 through 1945. Lee Marvin portrays the division sergeant; he's tough and experienced, to be sure, but he takes on his job with cool professionalism rather than Hollywood bravado. Based on Fuller's own experiences, the film is a loosely construct... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Lee Marvin - (Sergeant Possum)
Mark Hamill - (Griff)
Robert Carradine - (Zab)
Bobby Di Cicco - (Vinci)
Stéphane Audran - (Walloon)
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Review:
Some critics would select maverick director-writer Samuel Fuller's The Big Red One as the best war movie ever made. It is certainly one of the most terrifying. In its unforgiving and realistic action scenes, it matches the immediacy of the first half of Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. In its allegorical nature, it presages Ter... Continue >>
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