One fan wrote of the overlooked epic: "Before band of brothers and saving private Ryan came this epic which is actually as ...

“This is fictional life, based on factual death,” reads the title card that opens “The Big Red One: The Reconstruction ... film to a full-blown epic. Lee Marvin’s nameless graybeard ...

Four baby-faced American riflemen, including Mark Hamill and Robert Carradine, grow into manly men during World War II under the gruff tutelage of their battle-hardened sergeant (Lee Marvin).

Shot for just $4 million on a short schedule in Israel, “Big Red One” is based on Fuller’s experiences with the First Infantry. It follows a grizzled sergeant (Lee Marvin, in one of his most ...

When he dreamed, he dreamed big, as when he struggled for years to make The Big Red One, a semi-autobiographical ... Hamill—led by veteran sergeant Lee Marvin through encounters with insanity ...

Samuel Fuller’s “The Big Red One”–released in 1980 by its ... by the uncrowned king of the Hollywood tough guy stars, Lee Marvin, as Sgt. Possum. Marvin is a wonderfully grizzled, nail ...

Hollywood legend Sam Fuller, who served with the 1st Infantry Division in World War II, wrote and directed "The Big Red One" starring Lee Marvin. Soldiers from the Big Red One also fought in ...

Lee Marvin gave one of his most intense and memorable performances in the film noir classic The Big Heat. While the focus of this heart-racing story was on Glenn Ford as Dave Bannion, a homicide ...

The Big Red One is the nickname of the Army's fabled ... Its WWII exploits were detailed in the Samuel Fuller film starring Lee Marvin. Veterans and others are wondering about the appropriateness ...

"This is fictional life based on factual death": so begins The Big Red One, writer/director Sam ... fleshing out the experiences of veteran sergeant Lee Marvin and his men, including Griff ...

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