The Long Day's Dying (1968)
The picture too rough for the American people
Three British soldiers and their German captive trek through the European countryside.
- Date of release
- 1968-05-28
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (21)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Peter Collinson
Casting
- David Hemmings — John
- Tony Beckley — Cliff
- Tom Bell — Tom Cooper
- Alan Dobie — Helmut
Interesting facts
The Long Day's Dying is a 1968 British Techniscope war film directed by Peter Collinson, and starring David Hemmings, Tony Beckley and Tom Bell. It is based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Alan White.
Production
According to Michael Deeley, he and Peter Yates worked on the first draft of the script but were denied credit. He claims he gave Collinson the job partly to see if he was up to the task of directing The Italian Job (1969).
The film was shot at Twickenham Studios, London, England.
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