The Big Red One (1980)
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.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
"No, no, I'm thinking of the, is it Big Red One? Yeah, that was good, too. Mark Hamill and the guy from Revenge of the Nerd."
— Josh
Josh mentions Big Red One as another war movie he was thinking of, mentioning it starred Mark Hamill.
Jan 27, 2026
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Michael Dillon: Trans Pioneer
"Do you remember Gillies from the War Masks episode? Yeah. He was like the hero surgeon from that episode. Yeah, so that, I mean, his specialty was helping physically repair people who were mangled in a factory or burned or blasted up at war."
— Josh
Josh references a scene from The Big Red One where Mark Hamill's character has a war injury, connecting it to Dr. Gillies' work.
Apr 30, 2019
#061517
What was Camp X?
"Big Red One? Oh yeah, that was my first R-rated movie. The Guns and Everyone? Yes."
— Chuck
Chuck mentions it was his first R-rated movie, recalling the famous testicle scene with Mark Hamill and Lee Marvin.
Jun 15, 2017
Cast
Lee Marvin
The Sergeant
Mark Hamill
Griff
Robert Carradine
Zab
Bobby Di Cicco
Vinci
Kelly Ward
Johnson
Stéphane Audran
Walloon
Siegfried Rauch
Schroeder
Serge Marquand
Rensonnet
Charles Macaulay
General / Captain
Alain Doutey
Broban
Maurice Marsac
Vichy Colonel
C
Colin Gilbert
Dog Face POW
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