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

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