The Big Red One
1980
Samuel Fuller's semi-autobiographical war film follows a hardened U.S. Army sergeant and the rotating cast of young soldiers under his command as they fight their way across North Africa and Europe from 1942 to the end of the Second World War. The film is a tough, unsentimental look at how veterans are shaped — and scarred — by prolonged combat.
Director
- Samuel Fuller
Cast
- Lee Marvin
- Mark Hamill
- Robert Carradine
- Bobby Di Cicco
- Kelly Ward
- Charles Macaulay
Filming Locations
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Carton House
The Georgian mansion and its grounds were used as a filming location representing a European country house setting in the film's WWII story.
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Trim Castle
The medieval castle was used to represent a European fortress in the film's World War II narrative, doubling as a castle location in the North African and European campaign sequences.