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