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

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