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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.
Theatrical
Jul 18, 1980
Box Office
$7.2M
Budget
$4.5M
Return
1.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Apr 27, 1999
Theaters
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Quotes
See all →Unbreakable Bonds from Chance Encounters
Taglines
Only chance could have thrown them together. Now, nothing can pull them apart.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The True Glory of Surviving War
Taglines
The real glory of war is surviving.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →L
Lee Marvin
The Sergeant
Mark Hamill
Griff
R
Robert Carradine
Zab
B
Bobby Di Cicco
Vinci
K
Kelly Ward
Johnson
S
Stéphane Audran
Walloon
S
Siegfried Rauch
Schroeder
S
Serge Marquand
Rensonnet
C
Charles Macaulay
General / Captain
A
Alain Doutey
Broban
M
Maurice Marsac
Vichy Colonel
C
Colin Gilbert
Dog Face POW
J
Joseph Clark
Shep
D
Doug Werner
Switolski
P
Perry Lang
Kaiser
H
Howard Delman
Smitty
M
Marthe Villalonga
Madame Marbaise
G
Giovanna Galletti
Woman in Sicilian Village
S
Shimon Barr
German Male Nurse
M
Matteo Zoffoli
Sicilian Boy
