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

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