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The Big Red One
| Rating: | PG (for vulgar, soldier-like language and convincing battlefield violence) |
| Genre: | Drama, Action/Adventure |
| Release Date: | July 1, 1980 |
| Running time: | 73 minutes |
| Cast: | Robert Carradine, Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Bobby DiCicco, Kelly Ward |
| Director: | Samuel Fuller |
| Producer: | Merv Adelson, Lee Rich, Gene Corman |
| Writer: | Samuel Fuller |
| Distributor: | United Artists |
Description: 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 constructed series of anecdotes. Among them are an insane asylum under bombardment while the inmates applaud and a climactic vignette in which a very young concentration camp internee dies while a friendly soldier plays piggy-back with the boy.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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