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 | 2.5043 |
Directed By
Ken Annakin
Bernhard Wicki
Andrew Marton
Crew
Maurice Jarre
Jean Bourgoin
Cornelius Ryan
Ken Annakin
Cornelius Ryan
Walter Wottitz
Bernhard Wicki
Andrew Marton
Darryl F. Zanuck
Samuel E. Beetley
Maude Spector
Ted Haworth
Johnny Borgese
Vincent Korda
Elmo Williams
Léon Barsacq
Gabriel Béchir
Henry Sokal Jr.
Jack Cooper
Yvan Chiffre
Karl Helmer
Paul Wurtzel
Karl Baumgartner
Lionel Vitrant
R.A. MacDonald
Ian Yule
Alexandre Renaud
John Sullivan
Gerd Oswald
Joe Powell
Nosher Powell
Joseph de Bretagne
Alex Weldon
Henry Wise
Gerald Endler
Wally Veevers
Fernando Pérez
Gil Delamare
Jean Herman
Elmo Williams
Augie Lohman
Ken Buckle
Jean-Pierre Janic
Gérard Moisan
Bob Cuff
Vincent Rossell
David S. Horsley
Jean Fouchet
Jack Seddon
Frank Khoury
Pierre Levent
Henri Persin
Romain Gary
Lucie Lichtig
Erich Maria Remarque
John McCorry
Guy Tabary
David Pursall
David Pursall
Romain Gary
James Jones
Jack Seddon
Pierre Koenig
Friedrich Ruge
Joseph de Bretagne
Hubert Deschard
A. J. Hillebrand
Tom Pevsner
John Howard
The Earl of Lovat
Paul Anka
Günther Blumentritt
Albert Saby
Frederick Morgan
Max Pemsel
Mitch Miller
Jacques Maumont
Philippe Kieffer
Helmuth Lang
E. C. Peake
Joseph B. Seay
Louis Pitzele
Josef Priller
Roger Bligh
Fernand Prevost
James R. Johnson
William Robert Sivel
Bernard Farrel
Jean Fouchet
Jean Barral
Willard L. Bushy
James Gavin
Lucie Maria Rommel
Gérard Renateau
Werner Pluskat
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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