Top billed cast

1. 

   Lee Marvin

   The Sergeant

2. 

   Mark Hamill

   Griff

3. 

   Robert Carradine

   Zab

4. 

   Bobby Di Cicco

   Vinci

5. 

   Kelly Ward

   Johnson

6. 

   Stéphane Audran

   Walloon

7. 

   Siegfried Rauch

   Schroeder

8. 

   Serge Marquand

   Rensonnet

9. 

   Charles Macaulay

   General / Captain

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2025-10-23

**_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 than 2 hours, and this explains the criticisms that the film comes across as a collection of incidents with little character development. Yet Fuller wanted to include the highlights of his 2.5 years in the war and this delivers as far as that goes. Some say it’s a commentary on how war is an ongoing circle of Hell. The problem with this inte...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$4,500,000.00

Revenue
$7,206,220.00

Keywords

• sicily, italy
• africa
• concentration camp
• world war ii
• omaha beach
• infantry
• us army
• d-day
• sergeant
• hospital
• anti war