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

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