The Great War

Dec 13, 2019

1h 48m

★ 6.6

No man left behind

Overview

In November of 1918 as World War I was ending, a unit of American soldiers goes behind enemy lines to find a lost platoon of African American soldiers.

Genres

History

War

Drama

Action

The Great War Trailers

Cast

Mary

Jordan McFadden

General Pershing

Ron Perlman

Nurse

Trinity Schuetzle

Colonel Jack Morrison

Billy Zane

Captain William Rivers

Bates Wilder

O'Malley

Cody Fleury

Private Cardinni

Edgar Damatian

Sergeant Allistor Richardson

Aaron Courteau

Corporal Anson Kirby

Andrew Stecker

SGT. Smith

Judah McFadden

Private John Cain

Hiram A. Murray

Captain A. J. Stevens

Jeremy Michael Pereira

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