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The Big Red One

Summary: A hardened sergeant and the four core members of his infantry unit try to survive World War II as they move from battle to battle throughout Europe.

Release Date: July 18, 1980

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Samuel Fuller

Writer: Samuel Fuller

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: R

Production: Lorimar Productions, Lorac Productions

Distributor: MGM/CBS Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), CBS/Fox, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,500,000

Domestic: $ 7,206,220

International: $ 603

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13 year old boy 1940s 20th century ambush american flag apple army army life assassination plot asylum baby bangalore torpedo barbed wire bare chested male battle battle between friendly forces battle of kasserine pass bazooka beach landing blood blowing smoke ring boat book bucket of water buttocks camel castle cavalry cave celebration child soldier child with a gun childbirth cigar smoking cleaning a rifle coffin color in title combat concentration camp condom crematory crucifix crushed to death czechoslovakia d day dead mother death death camp death of mother deer delivering a baby desert digging in distortion dollar bill donkey dust cloud enemy faked insanity first infantry division flowers food forest goat grenade gun gun in mouth hand grenade head injury heart attack helmet helmet decorated with flowers horse hospital human shield human skeleton hungry child infantry infiltrator insane asylum killed trying to surrender killing a superior officer liberation m1 rifle m3 halftrack machine gun nest man carries a dead boy man wears a uniform massage military military uniform mine money box mouse movie camera mp 40 machine gun music box narrated by character nazi soldier nazi uniform normandy north africa campaign officer omaha beach out of tune piano phonograph pitchfork platoon playing a concertina playing basketball playing piano pregnancy pretending to be dead rabbit reading a book red reference to adolf hitler reference to benjamin franklin reference to edward g. robinson reference to franklin d. roosevelt reference to george s. patton reference to hermann goring reference to humphrey bogart reference to nelson rockefeller replacement roll of toilet paper saltpeter saltpetre scout scream screaming scythe semi autobiographical sergeant severed ear sex sexual fantasy sexual intercourse shaving with a straight razor shelling sicily sicily invasion slip and fall sniper soldier soldier carrying a wounded soldier some scenes in black and white south italy spanking stabbed to death stepping on a land mine sulpha powder summary execution tank tattooed number on arm thompson sub machine gun with box magazine throat cut throat slitting timeframe 1940s timeframe 20th century toasting with schnapps torpedo trap trench tunis tunisia two way radio u.s. army u.s. soldier upright piano vignette voice over narration walkie talkie war trophy washing face weapon western front of world war ii wheel of cheese woman in labor world war one world war two world war two soldier wristwatch writer year 1942 year 1943 year 1944 year 1945 zippo lighter

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