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