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Sgt. Possum (Lee Marvin) as a private in WW1 kills a German soldier with a trench knife only to find that the war had been over for hours. Years later, Sgt. Possum and his men in the "Big Red One" land in North Africa where the Nazi-sympathizing French Vichy Army await the Americans.
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About The Big Red One (Theatrical Release - July 18, 1980):
In one of the most powerful films ever made about World War II, director Samuel Fuller tells the semi-autobiographical story of a squad of sharpshooters trying not to die in The Big Red One.
World War I veteran Sergeant Possum (Academy Award winner Lee Marvin) wants to get the job done and to get himself and his squad of green recruits out alive. It's just a job: Kill the enemy before they kill you.
And through the seemingly endless bloodshed from North Africa, to Sicily, the Normandy Invasion and the push into Germany, his now-veteran squad—Gruff (Mark Hamill), Zab (Robert Carradine), Vinci (Bobby CiCicco) and Johnson (Kelly Ward)—learns both the brutal horror of war and to never become emotionally close with a new recruit.
#BigRedOne #WW2Films #ClassicWarFilms
Sgt. Possum (Lee Marvin) as a private in WW1 kills a German soldier with a trench knife only to find that the war had been over for hours. Years later, Sgt. Possum and his men in the "Big Red One" land in North Africa where the Nazi-sympathizing French Vichy Army await the Americans.
Subscribe to Warner Classics: youtube.com/channel/UCU0rIMU3k_AsVA8d6N1B03w?sub_confirmation=1
About The Big Red One (Theatrical Release - July 18, 1980):
In one of the most powerful films ever made about World War II, director Samuel Fuller tells the semi-autobiographical story of a squad of sharpshooters trying not to die in The Big Red One.
World War I veteran Sergeant Possum (Academy Award winner Lee Marvin) wants to get the job done and to get himself and his squad of green recruits out alive. It's just a job: Kill the enemy before they kill you.
And through the seemingly endless bloodshed from North Africa, to Sicily, the Normandy Invasion and the push into Germany, his now-veteran squad—Gruff (Mark Hamill), Zab (Robert Carradine), Vinci (Bobby CiCicco) and Johnson (Kelly Ward)—learns both the brutal horror of war and to never become emotionally close with a new recruit.
#BigRedOne #WW2Films #ClassicWarFilms
