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

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