The Big Red One
"The real glory of war is surviving"
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.
| Release Date | May 28, 1980 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | The Big Red One | |
| Runtime | 1h 53min | |
| Budget | $4,500,000 | |
| Revenue | $7,206,220 | |
| Language | German, Italian, French, English | |
| Original Language | English | |
| Production Countries | United States of America | |
| Production Companies | Lorimar Motion Pictures | |