The Longest Day

The Longest Day (1962)

Released: 1962-09-25 Duration: 2hr 58min
Genres: War Action Drama
Rating 7.6

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

Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox

Additional Info

Budget $10,000,000.00
Revenue $50,100,000.00
Original Language en
Popularity 28.416

Directed By

Ken Annakin

Bernhard Wicki

Andrew Marton

Gerd Oswald

Darryl F. Zanuck

Crew

Director
Ken Annakin
Director of Photography
Jean Bourgoin
Director
Bernhard Wicki
Director
Andrew Marton
Screenplay
Cornelius Ryan
Director of Photography
Walter Wottitz
Original Music Composer
Maurice Jarre
Casting
Maude Spector
Art Direction
Léon Barsacq
Art Direction
Ted Haworth
Associate Producer
Elmo Williams
Special Effects
Johnny Borgese
Art Direction
Vincent Korda
Set Designer
Gabriel Béchir
Assistant Director
Jean Herman
Second Unit Director
Gerd Oswald
Stunts
Jack Cooper
Stunts
Yvan Chiffre
Stunts
Gil Delamare
Second Unit Director
Elmo Williams
Special Effects
Karl Helmer
Director
Gerd Oswald
Stunts
Joe Powell
Stunts
Ian Yule
Special Effects
Paul Wurtzel
Second Assistant Director
Henry Wise
Assistant Director
Henry Sokal Jr.
Special Effects
Gerald Endler
Special Effects
Augie Lohman
Special Effects
Fernando Pérez
Special Effects
Alex Weldon
Visual Effects
Wally Veevers
Special Effects
Joseph de Bretagne
Stunts
Ken Buckle
Special Effects
Karl Baumgartner
Special Effects
R.A. MacDonald
Script Consultant
David Pursall
Script Supervisor
Romain Gary
Aerial Camera
Guy Tabary
Wardrobe Coordinator
John McCorry
Additional Visual Effects
David S. Horsley
Cinematography
Henri Persin
Script Consultant
Jack Seddon
Visual Effects
Jean Fouchet
Still Photographer
Vincent Rossell
Continuity
Lucie Lichtig
Driver
Frank Khoury
Script Consultant
Erich Maria Remarque
Matte Painter
Bob Cuff
Cinematography
Pierre Levent
Writer
Romain Gary
Writer
James Jones
Writer
Jack Seddon
Music Arranger
Mitch Miller
Assistant Director
Tom Pevsner
Assistant Director
Bernard Farrel
Additional Music
Paul Anka
Assistant Director
Louis Pitzele
Technical Advisor
Josef Priller
Technical Advisor
Lucie Maria Rommel
Special Effects
Jean Fouchet
Technical Advisor
Günther Blumentritt
Technical Advisor
Helmuth Lang
Technical Advisor
Joseph B. Seay
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E. C. Peake
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Technical Advisor
Werner Pluskat
Technical Advisor
Roger Bligh
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James R. Johnson
Technical Advisor
Pierre Koenig
Technical Advisor
Willard L. Bushy

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