Rent The Big Red One for FREE
+70,000 other titles and counting
- NO late fees or long term contracts - cancel anytime
- FREE first class post for DVD, Blu-ray & Games rental
- 1000's of films to stream instantly to your PC, TV or PS3TM at no extra cost

Samuel Fuller's valedictory war picture, The Big Red One follows the First Infantry Division from Africa to Europe during the years 1942 through 1945. Lee Marvin portrays the division sergeant; he's tough and experienced, to be sure, but he takes on his job with cool professionalism rather than Hollywood bravado. Based on .. Read more
| Starring | Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine |
|---|---|
| Director | Samuel Fuller |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama |
loading...
Samuel Fuller's valedictory war picture, The Big Red One follows the First Infantry Division from Africa to Europe during the years 1942 through 1945. Lee Marvin portrays the division sergeant; he's tough and experienced, to be sure, but he takes on his job with cool professionalism rather than Hollywood bravado. Based on Fuller's own experiences, the film is a loosely constructed series of anecdotes. Among them are an insane asylum under bombardment while the inmates applaud and a climactic vignette in which a very young concentration camp internee dies while a friendly soldier plays piggy-back with the boy.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine |
|---|---|
| Director | Samuel Fuller |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 36 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1980 To Rent: DVD: 02 May 2005 |
Or you can rent each disc individually:
Symbolic action drama, very well made. A restored version, running at 158 minutes, was released in 2004, revealing it to be one of Hollywood's best war movies, concentrating on the isolation of battle and the craziness of combat.
- 13
- 2
"Factual Life based on actual death"
This is the restored version of Director Sam Fullers WW2 epic, the original was deemed too violent by the studio (Imagine, a violent war film ..tsskk) and ... read more »
- 0
- 0
the big red one is too big to handle
see this !
they just do not make movies like this anymore !
how can they !
these actors do not exist anymore
& ... read more »
- 0
- 0
Epic war film, through the eyes of an infantryman
Very powerful World War II film, interestingly starting off in black and white, capturing an 'old' feel to the footage. Very good performance by Lee ... read more »
- 0
- 2
Big Red One disappoints
I hadn't seen this film since I was a kid. Alas, my expectations were much lower as a youngster. When I watched the film this time, I was very disappointed ... read more »
Action Movies: 'Lights Camera Action!' According to the Oxford English Dictionary filmmakers have been urging their performers to you know 'do something' at least since 1914. Not every director says it. Some delegate. Others prefer a simple 'Okay,' or 'Go', or 'When you're ready'. There's a story that the great B-movie director Sam Fuller liked to pull out a pistol and fire it into the air to kick-start the actors. Distracting, perhaps, but I guess it would clear up any worries about... Read more