

The Longest Day (1962)
- PG
- 10/04/1962 (US)
- War, Action, Drama
- 2h 58m
Overview
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
Ken Annakin
DirectorAndrew Marton
DirectorCornelius Ryan
Screenplay, NovelBernhard Wicki
DirectorRomain Gary
WriterJames Jones
WriterDavid Pursall
WriterJack Seddon
WriterCast

John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Richard Burton
Flying Officer David Campbell
Sean Connery
Pvt. Flanagan
Leslie Phillips
RAF Officer Mac
Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin