Film · Drama, History, War
The Longest Day (1962)
THE INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIMED HIT JUST AS IT WAS SHOWN IN THE MAJOR CAPITALS OF THE WORLD!
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"
- Director
- Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton
- Writers
- Cornelius Ryan, Jack Seddon, Erich Maria Remarque
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- September 25, 1962
Cast
John WayneLt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert MitchumBrig. Gen. Norman Cota
Henry FondaBrig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Richard BurtonFlight Officer David Campbell
Sean ConneryPvt. Flanagan
Leslie PhillipsRAF Officer Mac
Robert RyanBrig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Paul AnkaU.S. Army Ranger
Wolfgang BüttnerMaj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Mel FerrerMaj. Gen. Robert Haines
Ray DantonCapt. Frank
Peter LawfordLord Lovat
Eddie AlbertCol. Thompson
ArlettyMadame Barrault
Jean-Louis BarraultFather Louis Roulland
Richard BeymerPvt. Dutch Schultz
Hans Christian BlechMaj. Werner Pluskat
BourvilMayor of Colleville
Red ButtonsPvt. John Steele
Pauline CartonMaid
