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The Longest Day
The Longest Day
Director:Darryl F. Zanuck
Overview:
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"
Release:
1962 / 09 / 25
Rating:
7.588
Genres & Subgenres:
War
Action
Drama
Tags:
Henry Fonda
as
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt jr.
John Wayne
as
Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum
as
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Robert Ryan
as
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Eddie Albert
as
Col. Thompson
Paul Anka
as
U.S. Army Ranger
Richard Beymer
as
Pvt. Dutch Schultz
Hans Christian Blech
as
Maj. Werner Pluskat
Richard Burton
as
Flying Officer David Campbell
Red Buttons
as
Pvt. John Steele
Mel Ferrer
as
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
Robert Wagner
as
U.S. Army Ranger
Curd Jürgens
as
Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt
Sean Connery
as
Pvt. Flanagan
Roddy McDowall
as
Pvt. Morris
Peter Lawford
as
Lord Lovat
Rod Steiger
as
Destroyer Commander
Ray Danton
as
Capt. Frank
Steve Forrest
as
Capt. Harding
Sal Mineo
as
Pvt. Martini
Jeffrey Hunter
as
Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller
Edmond O'Brien
as
Gen. Raymond D. Barton
Norman Rossington
as
Pvt. Clough
George Segal
as
U.S. Army Ranger
Bernard Fox
as
Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)
Richard Todd
as
Maj. John Howard
Tom Tryon
as
Lt. Wilson
Peter van Eyck
as
Lt. Col. Ocker
Stuart Whitman
as
Lt. Sheen
John Crawford
as
Col. Caffey (uncredited)
Richard Dawson
as
British Soldier (uncredited)
Frank Finlay
as
Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
Walter Gotell
as
German soldier (uncredited)
Clément Harari
as
Minor Role (uncredited)
Harry Landis
as
British Soldier (uncredited)
Victor Maddern
as
Camp Cook (uncredited)
John Meillon
as
RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
Bill Nagy
as
Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)
Siân Phillips
as
WRNS Officer (uncredited)
Dietmar Schönherr
as
Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)