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