Barry Pepper, who played the scripture-quoting sniper in Saving Private Ryan, will have a rifle in his hands again, this time in Taylor Sheridan’s upcoming Western drama 1883: The Bass ...

Saving Private Ryan got the praise – but The Thin Red Line wins the battle of the war films. In 1998, two rival Second World War epics were released within months of each other.

Barry Pepper, who played the scripture-quoting sniper in Saving Private Ryan, will have a rifle in his hands again, this time in Taylor Sheridan’s upcoming Western drama 1883: The Bass Reeves Story.