The Longest Day (1962)
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"
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $10,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $50,100,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.0871 |
Directed By
Ken Annakin
Bernhard Wicki
Andrew Marton
Crew
Samuel E. Beetley
Ken Annakin
Jean Bourgoin
Bernhard Wicki
Andrew Marton
Cornelius Ryan
Walter Wottitz
Darryl F. Zanuck
Maurice Jarre
Cornelius Ryan
Maude Spector
Léon Barsacq
Ted Haworth
Elmo Williams
Johnny Borgese
Vincent Korda
Gabriel Béchir
Jean Herman
Gerd Oswald
Jack Cooper
Yvan Chiffre
Gil Delamare
Elmo Williams
Karl Helmer
Joe Powell
Nosher Powell
John Sullivan
Ian Yule
Paul Wurtzel
Alexandre Renaud
Jean-Pierre Janic
Henry Wise
Henry Sokal Jr.
Gerald Endler
Augie Lohman
Fernando Pérez
Alex Weldon
Wally Veevers
Gérard Moisan
Joseph de Bretagne
Ken Buckle
Lionel Vitrant
Karl Baumgartner
R.A. MacDonald
David Pursall
Romain Gary
Guy Tabary
John McCorry
David S. Horsley
Henri Persin
Jack Seddon
Jean Fouchet
Vincent Rossell
Lucie Lichtig
Frank Khoury
Erich Maria Remarque
Bob Cuff
Pierre Levent
Romain Gary
James Jones
David Pursall
Jack Seddon
Mitch Miller
Jacques Maumont
William Robert Sivel
Tom Pevsner
Bernard Farrel
Joseph de Bretagne
Paul Anka
Louis Pitzele
Josef Priller
Lucie Maria Rommel
Jean Fouchet
Günther Blumentritt
Helmuth Lang
Joseph B. Seay
E. C. Peake
Friedrich Ruge
A. J. Hillebrand
Fernand Prevost
Frederick Morgan
Jean Barral
James Gavin
Albert Saby
John Howard
Philippe Kieffer
The Earl of Lovat
Hubert Deschard
Gérard Renateau
Max Pemsel
Werner Pluskat
Roger Bligh
James R. Johnson
Pierre Koenig
Willard L. Bushy
TOP CAST
Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Eddie Albert
Col. Thompson
Paul Anka
U.S. Army Ranger
Arletty
Madame Barrault
Jean-Louis Barrault
Father Louis Roulland
Richard Beymer
Pvt. Dutch Schultz
Hans Christian Blech
Maj. Werner Pluskat
Bourvil
Mayor of Colleville
Richard Burton
Flying Officer David Campbell
Wolfgang Büttner
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Red Buttons
Pvt. John Steele
Pauline Carton
Maid
Sean Connery
Pvt. Flanagan
Ray Danton
Capt. Frank
Irina Demick
Janine Boitard, a resistance
Fred Dur
U.S. Army Ranger Major
Fabian
U.S. Army Ranger
Mel Ferrer
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
Steve Forrest
Capt. Harding
Gert Fröbe
Sgt. Kaffekanne
Leo Genn
Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.
John Gregson
British Padre
Paul Hartmann
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
Peter Helm
Young GI
Werner Hinz
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Donald Houston
RAF Pilot
Jeffrey Hunter
Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller
Karl John
Gen. Wolfgang Häger
Curd Jürgens
Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt
Alexander Knox
Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Peter Lawford
Lord Lovat
Fernand Ledoux
Louis
Christian Marquand
Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader
Dewey Martin
Sgt. Wilder
Roddy McDowall
Pvt. Morris
Michael Medwin
Pvt. Watney
Sal Mineo
Pvt. Martini
Kenneth More
Capt. Colin Maud
Richard Münch
Gen. Erich Marcks
Edmond O'Brien
Gen. Raymond D. Barton
Leslie Phillips
RAF Officer Mac
Wolfgang Preiss
Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
Ron Randell
Joe Williams
Madeleine Renaud
Mother Superior
Georges Rivière
Sgt. Guy de Montlaur
Norman Rossington
Pvt. Clough
Tommy Sands
U.S. Army Ranger
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