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