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The Big Red One

A hardened sergeant and the four core members of his infantry unit try to survive World War II as they move from battle to battle throughout Europe.

Director

Samuel Fuller

Year

Genre

Box Office

$7,206,220

Production

Lorimar Productions,United Artists

Awards

2 wins & 2 nominations

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The Sergeant

Pvt. Griff - 1st Squad

Pvt. Zab - 1st Squad

Robert Carradine

Pvt. Vinci - 1st Squad

Pvt. Johnson - 1st Squad

Underground Walloon Fighter at Asylum

Stéphane Audran

Sgt. Schroeder

Siegfried Rauch

Rensonnet

General

Charles Macaulay

Sgt. Broban - Vichy Soldier

Vichy Colonel

Dog Face POW - Tunis Hospital

Pvt. Shep - Soldier on Troop Transport

Pvt. Lemchek - #2 on Bangalore Torpedo

Switolski

Pvt. Kaiser - 1st Squad

Pvt. Smitty - Soldier in Sicily Fetching Water

Madame Marbaise

Marthe Villalonga

Woman in Sicilian Village

Giovanna Galletti

The Hun - German Soldier in WWI

Gregori Buimistre

German Male Nurse - Tunis Hospital

Matteo - Sicilian Boy

German Field Marshall

Pregnant Frenchwoman

War Correspondent

Hitler Youth

German Standing in Tank in Snow

Colonel

Graziella

Gerd - German Soldier

German Countess (extended edition)

Capt. Chapier

Soldier

Staff Sergeant at Kasserine Pass

Herr Green Shirt

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Zab Pvt. Griff - 1st Squad Johnson The Sergeant Griff Vinci Kaiser Pvt. Smitty - Soldier In Sicily Fetching Water

What do you think - The Big Red One

What do you think

The colonel is stupid not
to believe these leaflets. - The Big Red One

The colonel is stupid not to believe these leaflets.

There were four things you
could hear on the boat: - The Big Red One

There were four things you could hear on the boat:

French troops, don't shoot.
We are Americans. - The Big Red One

French troops, don't shoot. We are Americans.

Don't shoot. We come to fight Hitler,
not to fight with you. Don't shoot. - The Big Red One

Don't shoot. We come to fight Hitler, not to fight with...

- Yes, colonel.
- Open fire. - The Big Red One

- Yes, colonel. - Open fire.

How the hell could you miss him? - The Big Red One

How the hell could you miss him?

What the hell's the matter with you?
I never saw you miss. - The Big Red One

What the hell's the matter with you? I never saw you mi...

Sixteenth Infantry, hold your fire! - The Big Red One

Sixteenth Infantry, hold your fire!

We were feeling cocky as hell. - The Big Red One

We were feeling cocky as hell.

It got to Griff. - The Big Red One

It got to Griff.

I wonder what they gave you in the
other war not to get a hard-on? - The Big Red One

I wonder what they gave you in the other war not to get a ha...

I can't murder anybody - The Big Red One

I can't murder anybody

The truth is, none of us had the
faintest idea what war was all about. - The Big Red One

The truth is, none of us had the faintest idea what war was ...

Our brilliant generals
had figured... - The Big Red One

Our brilliant generals had figured...

We got tanks, boys, and
infantry with them. - The Big Red One

We got tanks, boys, and infantry with them.

Sergeant, where are we gonna run to?
They'll spot us out in the open. - The Big Red One

Sergeant, where are we gonna run to? They'll spot us ou...

Hey, they're going
off to the right! - The Big Red One

Hey, they're going off to the right!

Tanks! They're all over the place! - The Big Red One

Tanks! They're all over the place!

The war is over for you. - The Big Red One

The war is over for you.

We'd better get out of here. - The Big Red One

We'd better get out of here.

Anybody here from the Big Red One? - The Big Red One

Anybody here from the Big Red One?

You're right. - The Big Red One

The old bastard just couldn't
face being left behind. - The Big Red One

The old bastard just couldn't face being left behind.

Where's the 1st Squad? - The Big Red One

Where's the 1st Squad?

Out of the original
12-man rifle squad... - The Big Red One

Out of the original 12-man rifle squad...

This invasion wasn't gonna
be like North Africa. - The Big Red One

This invasion wasn't gonna be like North Africa.

The creepy thing about battle
is that you always feel alone. - The Big Red One

The creepy thing about battle is that you always feel alone.

Why are we always sent out? - The Big Red One

Why are we always sent out?

You know how you
smoke out a sniper? - The Big Red One

You know how you smoke out a sniper?

You know how you smoke out a sniper - The Big Red One

You know how you smoke out a sniper

Vinci made it. - The Big Red One

- Hey, Vinci?
- Ho! - The Big Red One

- Hey, Vinci? - Ho!

Work to your right I'll go left It's your ball - The Big Red One

Work to your right I'll go left It's your ball

Bravo! Bravo! - The Big Red One

Oh, my aching butt. - The Big Red One

Oh, my aching butt.

By now we'd come to look at all replacements - The Big Red One

By now we'd come to look at all replacements

Do you know what they call you four guys down at Battalion - The Big Red One

Do you know what they call you four guys down at Battalion

Do you know what they call you
four guys down at Battalion? - The Big Red One

Do you know what they call you four guys down at Battalion?

I'll go get some, all right? - The Big Red One

I'll go get some, all right?

You'll live Smitty You did tripwire the mine - The Big Red One

You'll live Smitty You did tripwire the mine

You'll live, Smitty. You
did tripwire the mine. - The Big Red One

You'll live, Smitty. You did tripwire the mine.

They're supposed to
be coming this way. - The Big Red One

They're supposed to be coming this way.

Okay, let's try this. - The Big Red One

Okay, let's try this.

- Keep an eye peeled for snakes.
- Yeah, and bats. - The Big Red One

- Keep an eye peeled for snakes. - Yeah, and bats.

We knew he wanted to run for it... - The Big Red One

We knew he wanted to run for it...

Those American guns? I thought
they were still on the water. - The Big Red One

Those American guns? I thought they were still on the water.

Lieutenant. Yeah, 1st
Squad, 1st Battalion. - The Big Red One

Lieutenant. Yeah, 1st Squad, 1st Battalion.

I figure close to 2500 bucks!
I'm sending every lira home. - The Big Red One

I figure close to 2500 bucks! I'm sending every lira ho...

It's his mother. He's
hauling her to the beach. - The Big Red One

It's his mother. He's hauling her to the beach.

We've gotta find that SP. - The Big Red One

We've gotta find that SP.

The smart aleck wants to
make a business deal. - The Big Red One

The smart aleck wants to make a business deal.

He'll take us to the gun... - The Big Red One

He'll take us to the gun...

He wants a casket for
his mother to sleep in. - The Big Red One

He wants a casket for his mother to sleep in.

Either we take her with us or
we find that gun on our own. - The Big Red One

Either we take her with us or we find that gun on our own.

Boy! I don't know how long I'm
gonna be able to take this stink. - The Big Red One

Boy! I don't know how long I'm gonna be able to ta...

Can you see what it is, sergeant? - The Big Red One

Can you see what it is, sergeant?

On a Tiger tank, in a house. - The Big Red One

On a Tiger tank, in a house.

What's-your-name, you stay behind. - The Big Red One

What's-your-name, you stay behind.

Those Sicilian women cooked us a terrific meal - The Big Red One

Those Sicilian women cooked us a terrific meal

A little mothering is good in any
war, but this beats them all. - The Big Red One

A little mothering is good in any war, but this beats them a...

All right, Matteo,
it's okay. Thank you. - The Big Red One

All right, Matteo, it's okay. Thank you.

The Krauts are gonna spot
that garden a mile away. - The Big Red One

The Krauts are gonna spot that garden a mile away.

North Africa was sand and rocks. - The Big Red One

North Africa was sand and rocks.

First Squad! - The Big Red One

This beach hasn't been touched. - The Big Red One

This beach hasn't been touched.

Vinci! - The Big Red One

Those combat rejects sure
know how to lay down fire. - The Big Red One

Those combat rejects sure know how to lay down fire.

I'd love to meet the asshole who invented it - The Big Red One

I'd love to meet the asshole who invented it

- Number two.
- Dead! - The Big Red One

- Number two. - Dead!

- Number seven.
- Dead! - The Big Red One

- Number seven. - Dead!

Nine! - The Big Red One

Zab, tell the colonel. - The Big Red One

Zab, tell the colonel.

Hey! Layton, 2nd Division, right? - The Big Red One

Hey! Layton, 2nd Division, right?

Just another buzz bomb
headed for London. - The Big Red One

Just another buzz bomb headed for London.

How do you like the book? - The Big Red One

How do you like the book?

My mother sent it to
me for my birthday. - The Big Red One

My mother sent it to me for my birthday.

That's my book. - The Big Red One

That's my book.

You, I don't want any
infantry around the panzer. - The Big Red One

You, I don't want any infantry around the panzer.

Second radio man, here,
behind that man. - The Big Red One

Second radio man, here, behind that man.

As we slogged through the
hedgerows and across France... - The Big Red One

As we slogged through the hedgerows and across France...

Kaiser, your turn at bat. - The Big Red One

Kaiser, your turn at bat.

That's a World War One memorial - The Big Red One

That's a World War One memorial

Nothing but a bunch
of dead Germans. - The Big Red One

Nothing but a bunch of dead Germans.

These dead guys give me the creeps. - The Big Red One

These dead guys give me the creeps.

Just like I said, sergeant,
just three dead Germans. - The Big Red One

Just like I said, sergeant, just three dead Germans.

- What color is that piping?
- White. - The Big Red One

- What color is that piping? - White.

Check for wounded Krauts. - The Big Red One

Check for wounded Krauts.

That's fine. That's fine. - The Big Red One

That's fine. That's fine.

I don't see the head yet. - The Big Red One

I don't see the head yet.

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A hardened sergeant and the four core members of his infantry unit try to survive World War II as they move from battle to battle throughout Europe.

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Director: Samuel Fuller

Writer: Samuel Fuller

Production: Lorimar Productions,United Artists

Genre: drama, war

Year: 1980

MetaScore: 77/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice: $7,206,220

Released: 18 Jul 1980

Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations

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