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