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

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