The Longest Day

The Longest Day (1962)

THE INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIMED HIT JUST AS IT WAS SHOWN IN THE MAJOR CAPITALS OF THE WORLD!

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"

Date of release
1962-09-25
TMDB
7.6 / 10 (1060)
Runtime
2h 58m
Genres
War, Drama, History
Director
Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton

Casting

  • 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

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