The Longest Day (1962)
THE INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIMED HIT JUST AS IT WAS SHOWN IN THE MAJOR CAPITALS OF THE WORLD!
Synopsis
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"
Cast
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John Wayne
as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
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Robert Mitchum
as Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
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Henry Fonda
as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
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Richard Burton
as Flight Officer David Campbell
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Sean Connery
as Pvt. Flanagan
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Leslie Phillips
as RAF Officer Mac
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Robert Ryan
as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
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Paul Anka
as U.S. Army Ranger
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Wolfgang Büttner
as Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
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Mel Ferrer
as Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
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Ray Danton
as Capt. Frank
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Peter Lawford
as Lord Lovat
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Eddie Albert
as Col. Thompson
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Arletty
as Madame Barrault
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Jean-Louis Barrault
as Father Louis Roulland
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Richard Beymer
as Pvt. Dutch Schultz
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Hans Christian Blech
as Maj. Werner Pluskat
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Bourvil
as Mayor of Colleville
Crew
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Ken Annakin
Director
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Bernhard Wicki
Director
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Andrew Marton
Director
- Jean Bourgoin Director of Photography
- Walter Wottitz Director of Photography
- Samuel E. Beetley Editor
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Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
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Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
- Cornelius Ryan Screenplay
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Romain Gary
Writer
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James Jones
Writer
- David Pursall Writer
