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"

Cornelius Ryan

Screenplay, Novel

Ken Annakin

Director

Bernhard Wicki

Director

Andrew Marton

Director

Darryl F. Zanuck

Director

Gerd Oswald

Director

David Pursall

Writer

Romain Gary

Writer

James Jones

Writer

Jack Seddon

Writer

Cast

Henry Fonda's headshot

Henry Fonda

Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
John Wayne's headshot

John Wayne

Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum's headshot

Robert Mitchum

Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Robert Ryan's headshot

Robert Ryan

Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Eddie Albert's headshot

Eddie Albert

Col. Thompson
Paul Anka's headshot

Paul Anka

U.S. Army Ranger
Arletty's headshot

Arletty

Madame Barrault
Jean-Louis Barrault's headshot

Jean-Louis Barrault

Father Louis Roulland

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