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, NovelKen Annakin
DirectorBernhard Wicki
DirectorAndrew Marton
DirectorDavid Pursall
WriterRomain Gary
WriterJames Jones
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