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

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