The Big Parade

“The epic of the American doughboy!”

7.5(123)19252h 31m

RomanceWarDrama

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.

Director

King Vidor

Budget

$0.4M

Revenue

$20.0M

Where to watch

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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)

Reviews

1 review

talisencrw

9y ago

10.0

Recently in approaching the milestone of seeing my 5,000th film (at least by my IMDb list of my shoddy recollections), I wanted to make it a very special film, so it was between the blus of this and 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'. That was a very special work too, but in retrospect, I felt this was an even finer film. I haven't seen much of Vidor's work (only 'The Champ', 'Hallelujah' and 'The...