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The Big Red One

1980 · Movie · 113 min

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Scores

  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer90%as of 2021-10-05
  • Rotten Tomatoes average7.9/10as of 2021-10-05
  • Metacritic77/100as of 2023-10-29

What it is

The Big Red One is a 1980 American epic war film written and directed by Samuel Fuller, and starring Lee Marvin alongside an ensemble supporting cast, including Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco, Kelly Ward, Siegfried Rauch and Stéphane Audran. The film was based on Fuller's own experiences as a U.S. Army soldier during World War II.

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Genres
Drama
Original language
English

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