The Longest Day
Directed by Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton
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"
- Released
- 25 Sep 1962
- Runtime
- 178 min
- Also known as
- El día más largo del siglo, Самый длинный день, Najdaljši dan, Najdlhsí den
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $10.0M
- Screenplay
- Cornelius Ryan
- Writers
- David Pursall, Jack Seddon, James Jones, Romain Gary
- Cinematography
- Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz
- Music
- Maurice Jarre
- Editor
- Samuel E. Beetley
- Elsewhere
- TMDB
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- War
- Action
- Drama
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Cast
John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Richard Burton
Flight Officer David Campbell
Sean Connery
Pvt. Flanagan
Leslie Phillips
RAF Officer Mac
Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Paul Anka
U.S. Army Ranger
Wolfgang Büttner
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Mel Ferrer
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
Ray Danton
Capt. Frank
Peter Lawford
Lord Lovat
