The Big Red One

The Big Red One
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Samuel Fuller
Written by	Samuel Fuller
Produced by	Gene Corman
Starring	Lee Marvin Mark Hamill Robert Carradine Bobby Di Cicco Kelly Ward Siegfried Rauch Stéphane Audran
Cinematography	Adam Greenberg
Edited by	Morton Tubor
Music by	Dana Kaproff
Production company	Lorimar
Distributed by	United Artists (US) ITC Entertainment (UK)
Release date	July 18, 1980 (1980-07-18)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4 million
Box office	$7.2 million[1]

The Big Red One is a 1980 American epic war film written and directed by Samuel Fuller, and starring Lee Marvin alongside an ensemble supporting cast, including Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Siegfried Rauch, Bobby Di Cicco, and Kelly Ward.

Based on Fuller's own experiences as a soldier in World War II, it was produced independently on a low budget, and shot on location in Israel as a cost-saving measure. It was heavily cut on its original release, but a restored version, The Big Red One: The Reconstruction, premièred at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, seven years after Fuller's death. Fuller wrote a book with the same title, which was more a companion novel than a novelization of the film, although it features many of the scenes that were originally cut.