Story Line
A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, and ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.
“The real glory of war is surviving”
Top Cast
Lee Marvin
The Sergeant
Mark Hamill
Griff
Robert Carradine
Zab
Bobby Di Cicco
Vinci
Kelly Ward
Johnson
Stéphane Audran
Walloon
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Rating
6.7/ 10
Release Date
1980-05-28
Runtime
1h 53m
Genres
DramaWar
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Wuchak
7/10
•10/23/2025**_Sam Fuller’s WW2 tour of North Africa, Sicily and France-to-Czechoslovakia_**
Shot in the summer of 1978, this was inspired by Fuller’s experiences in the war with Robert Carradine as Private Zab representing him. It’s a lot to cram into less t...