The Big Red One

You lead the Big Red One across North Africa, Sicily, and into Europe. But the war's relentless churn tests your every moral boundary. Fuller's semi-autobiographical take drops you into the grit of WWII. The film lingers on the brutal absurdity of survival.

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Samuel Fuller directed The Big Red One in 1980. See Samuel Fuller's full filmography, where to start with Samuel Fuller, or where to go after you've seen everything by Samuel Fuller.

The Big Red One was released in 1980 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 113 minutes.