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| − | '''The Big Red One''' is a 1980 movie about | + | '''The Big Red One''' is a 1980 movie about a rifle squad of the US 1st Infantry Division fighting in Europe during World War II. The squad consists of the "Four Horsemen": Griff ([[Mark Hamill]]), Zab ([[Robert Carradine]]), Vinci ([[Bobby Di Cicco]]), and Johnson ([[Kelly Ward]]) and The Sergeant ([[Lee Marvin]]). They fight and stay alive together from North Africa to the discovery of the concentration camps. This gripping World War II drama was directed by Samuel Fuller, who was a US 1st Infantry Division veteran during WWII. An extended version of the film was released on DVD in 2004 as ''The Big Red One: The Reconstruction''. |
| − | * Actors: [[Lee Marvin]] | + | * Actors: The Sergeant ([[Lee Marvin]]) Griff ([[Mark Hamill]]), Zab ([[Robert Carradine]]), Vinci ([[Bobby Di Cicco]]), and Johnson([[Kelly Ward]]) |
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[[Image:Mle 1892.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mle 1892 Revolver - 8 x 27mm]] | [[Image:Mle 1892.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mle 1892 Revolver - 8 x 27mm]] | ||
[[Image:TBRO 6.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Vichy French officer holding a [[Mle 1892 Revolver]]]] | [[Image:TBRO 6.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Vichy French officer holding a [[Mle 1892 Revolver]]]] | ||
| − | + | [[Image:TBRO 7.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Griff ([[Mark Hamill]]) fires his [[M1 Garand]] from the North Africa beachhead]] | |
| − | + | [[Image:TBRO 18.jpg|thumb|none|400px|The Sergeant ([[Lee Marvin]]) holding his [[M1 Garand]].]] | |
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:TBRO 15.jpg|thumb|none|400px|The Sergeant ([[Lee Marvin]]) and Griff ([[Mark Hamill]]) with their [[M1 Garand]] rifles.]] |
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==1928A1 Thompson== | ==1928A1 Thompson== | ||
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==MP40 Sub Machine Gun== | ==MP40 Sub Machine Gun== | ||
[[Image:MP40Side.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MP40 Sub Machine Gun - 9mm]] | [[Image:MP40Side.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MP40 Sub Machine Gun - 9mm]] | ||
| − | [[Image:TBRO 11.jpg|thumb|none|400px|German | + | [[Image:TBRO 11.jpg|thumb|none|400px|The German sergeant Schroeder ([[Siegfried Rauch]]) carrying a [[MP40|MP40 Sub Machine Gun]]]] |
[[Image:TBRO 19.jpg|thumb|none|400px|[[Stephane Audran]] firing a [[MP40|MP40 Sub Machine Gun]] in the Asylum]] | [[Image:TBRO 19.jpg|thumb|none|400px|[[Stephane Audran]] firing a [[MP40|MP40 Sub Machine Gun]] in the Asylum]] | ||
Revision as of 07:17, 31 August 2009
The Big Red One is a 1980 movie about a rifle squad of the US 1st Infantry Division fighting in Europe during World War II. The squad consists of the "Four Horsemen": Griff (Mark Hamill), Zab (Robert Carradine), Vinci (Bobby Di Cicco), and Johnson (Kelly Ward) and The Sergeant (Lee Marvin). They fight and stay alive together from North Africa to the discovery of the concentration camps. This gripping World War II drama was directed by Samuel Fuller, who was a US 1st Infantry Division veteran during WWII. An extended version of the film was released on DVD in 2004 as The Big Red One: The Reconstruction.
- Actors: The Sergeant (Lee Marvin) Griff (Mark Hamill), Zab (Robert Carradine), Vinci (Bobby Di Cicco), and Johnson(Kelly Ward)
- Director: Samuel Fuller
The following guns were used in the movie The Big Red One:
1903 Springfield Rifle
File:TBRO 1.jpg
Private Possum (Lee Marvin) holding a 1903 Springfield Rifle while checking a dead German soldier
Gew 98 Mauser Rifle
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Mauser Gew 98 Rifle laying on the ground
1886 Lebel Rifle
Vichy French soldier holding a Lebel Model 1886 Rifle in defensive position
Vichy French soldiers firing Lebel Model 1886 Rifle
1914 Hotchkiss Machine Gun
Vichy French soldiers manning a 1914 Hotchkiss Machine Gun in defensive position
Vichy French soldier manning a 1914 Hotchkiss Machine Gun
Mle 1892 Revolver
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Vichy French officer holding a Mle 1892 Revolver
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Griff (Mark Hamill) fires his M1 Garand from the North Africa beachhead
1928A1 Thompson
US soldier cleaning a 1928A1 Thompson Sub Machine Gun
MP40 Sub Machine Gun
MG34 Machine Gun
Italian soldier firing a MG34 Machine Gun
Bergmann MP28 Sub Machine Gun
Italian soldier firing a Haenel-Schmeisser MP28/II Sub Machine Gun
K98K Rifle
German soldier setting down a K98K Mauser Rifle
German soldiers carrying K98K Mauser Rifles
Browning 1919A4
A Browning 1919A4 Machine Gun firing from bow mount on Israeli M51 Sherman