PG · 113 min
The Big Red One
Directed by Samuel Fuller
Starring Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill
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,...
Release
May 28, 1980
Budget
$4.5M
Breakeven
$11.3M(2.5x)
Gross
$7,206,220
Profit
-$4,043,780
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
May 28, 1980
Budget
$4.5M
Breakeven
$11.3M(2.5x)
Gross
$7,206,220
Profit
-$4,043,780
PG · 113 min