About
A veteran sergeant of the 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, ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.
Cast
Lee Marvin
The Sergeant
Mark Hamill
Pvt. Griff, 1st Squad
Robert Carradine
Pvt. Zab, 1st Squad
Bobby Di Cicco
Pvt. Vinci, 1st Squad
Kelly Ward
Pvt. Johnson, 1st Squad
Stéphane Audran
Underground Walloon fighter at asylum
Siegfried Rauch
Schroeder (German sergeant)
Serge Marquand
Rensonnet
Alain Doutey
Broban (Vichy sergeant)
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