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

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