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

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