War Action Drama
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"
Directed by
Bernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton, Ken Annakin
Written by
James Jones, David Pursall, Jack Seddon, Romain Gary
Sean Connery
Pvt. Flanagan
Robert Wagner
U.S. Army Ranger
Mel Ferrer
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
Michel Tureau
French Commando (uncredited)
Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Sal Mineo
Pvt. Martini
Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Richard Burton
Flying Officer David Campbell
Kenneth More
Capt. Colin Maud
John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Richard Wattis
British Paratrooper
Richard Beymer
Pvt. Dutch Schultz
Roddy McDowall
Pvt. Morris
Rod Steiger
Destroyer Commander
Frank Finlay
Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
Ian Yule
Eddie Albert
Col. Thompson
Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Paul Anka
U.S. Army Ranger
George Segal
U.S. Army Ranger
Bill Nagy
Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)
Tom Tryon
Lt. Wilson
Richard Dawson
British Soldier (uncredited)
Stuart Whitman
Lt. Sheen
John Meillon
RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
Steve Forrest
Capt. Harding
John Crawford
Col. Caffey (uncredited)
Kurt Meisel
Capt. Ernst During (uncredited)
Tommy Sands
U.S. Army Ranger
Howard Marion-Crawford
Glider Doctor (uncredited)
Edmond O'Brien
Gen. Raymond D. Barton
John Sullivan
Leslie Phillips
RAF Officer Mac
Curd Jürgens
Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt
Til Kiwe
Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited)
Siân Phillips
WRNS Officer (uncredited)
Victor Maddern
Camp Cook (uncredited)
Peter Lawford
Lord Lovat
Alexander Knox
Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Peter van Eyck
Lt. Col. Ocker
Jeffrey Hunter
Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller
Harry Landis
British Soldier (uncredited)
Richard Münch
Gen. Erich Marcks
Gert Fröbe
Sgt. Kaffekanne
Robert Freitag
Meyer's Aide (uncredited)
Walter Gotell
German Soldier (uncredited)
Ray Danton
Capt. Frank
Richard Todd
Maj. John Howard
Christian Marquand
Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader
Red Buttons
Pvt. John Steele
John Phillips
Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited)
Leo Genn
Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.
Bernard Fox
Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)
Donald Houston
RAF Pilot
Bernard Fresson
French Commando (uncredited)
Norman Rossington
Pvt. Clough
Bourvil
Mayor of Colleville
Hans Christian Blech
Maj. Werner Pluskat
Jean Servais
RAdm. Janjard
Georges Rivière
Sgt. Guy de Montlaur
John Gregson
British Padre
Peter Helm
Young GI
Wolfgang Preiss
Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
Madeleine Renaud
Mother Superior
Eugene Deckers
German Soldier (uncredited)
Harry Fowler
British Paratrooper (uncredited)
Irina Demick
Janine Boitard, a resistance
Arletty
Madame Barrault
Maurice Poli
Jean (uncredited)
Jean-Louis Barrault
Father Louis Roulland
Ernst Schröder
Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)
Dewey Martin
Sgt. Wilder
Georges Wilson
Alexandre Renaud
Bernhard Wicki
Lionel Vitrant
Michael Medwin
Pvt. Watney
Vicco von Bülow
Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited)
Clément Harari
Minor Role (uncredited)
Rainer Penkert
Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)
Michael Hinz
Manfred Rommel (uncredited)
Dominique Zardi
French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)
Lyndon Brook
Lt. Walsh (uncredited)
Nosher Powell
Jack Hedley
RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
Patrick Barr
Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)
Hartmut Reck
Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf (uncredited)
Wolfgang Büttner
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Fabian
U.S. Army Ranger
Pauline Carton
Maid
Hans Söhnker
German Officer (uncredited)
Karl John
Gen. Wolfgang Häger
Ron Randell
Joe Williams
Fernand Ledoux
Louis
Dietmar Schönherr
Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)
Gil Delamare
French Commando (uncredited)
Neil McCallum
Canadian Doctor (uncredited)
Yvan Chiffre
Heinz Reincke
Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller (uncredited)
Paul Edwin Roth
Col. Schiller (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
British Soldier (uncredited)
Wolfgang Lukschy
Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited)
Heinz Spitzner
Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited)
Trevor Reid
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery (uncredited)
Werner Hinz
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Paul Hartmann
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
Alice Tissot
Housekeeper (uncredited)
Ruth Hausmeister
Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)
Armin Dahlen
Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited)
Fred Dur
U.S. Army Ranger Major
Lutz Gabor
Minor Role (uncredited)
Arnold Gelderman
German Guard on Train Track (uncredited)
Walter Horsbrugh
Adm. Creasey (uncredited)
Gérard Moisan
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Malte Petzel
German Officer with Rupert (uncredited)
Nicholas Stuart
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited)
Joe Warfield
US Army Medic (uncredited)
Joe Powell
Henry Wise
Ken Buckle
Jean-Pierre Janic
Pierre Koenig
Mitch Miller

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