

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
DirectorBernhard Wicki
DirectorAndrew Marton
DirectorCornelius Ryan
Screenplay, NovelRomain Gary
WriterJames Jones
WriterDavid Pursall
WriterJack Seddon
WriterCast

Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Eddie Albert
Col. Thompson
Paul Anka
U.S. Army Ranger
Arletty
Madame Barrault