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The Big Parade

The epic of the American doughboy!

1925 · NR · 2h 31m

Directed by King Vidor

7.6

TMDB audience score
134 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.

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Cast

  • John Gilbert
    James 'Jim' Apperson

  • Renée Adorée
    Melisande

  • Hobart Bosworth
    Mr. Apperson

  • Claire McDowell
    Mrs. Apperson

  • Claire Adams
    Justyn Reed

  • Robert Ober
    Harry Apperson

  • Tom O'Brien
    Michael Olysius 'Bull' O'Hara

  • Karl Dane
    'Slim' Jensen

  • Rosita Marstini
    Melisande's Mother

  • Julanne Johnston
    Justine Devereux (uncredited)

  • Kathleen Key
    Miss Apperson (uncredited)

  • Carl Roup
    Doughboy (uncredited)

  • Arthur H. Allen
    Dying German

  • George Beranger
    Patriotic Letter Reader

  • Harry Crocker
    Doughboy

  • Dan Mason
    Second Patriotic Letter Reader

  • Carl Voss
    Officer