The Longest Day
25/09/1962
3h

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


John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort


Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota


Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.


Richard Burton
Flying Officer David Campbell


Sean Connery
Pvt. Flanagan


Leslie Phillips
RAF Officer Mac


Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin


Paul Anka
U.S. Army Ranger


Wolfgang Büttner
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel


Mel Ferrer
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines


Ray Danton
Capt. Frank


Peter Lawford
Lord Lovat


Eddie Albert
Col. Thompson


Arletty
Madame Barrault


Jean-Louis Barrault
Father Louis Roulland


Richard Beymer
Pvt. Dutch Schultz


Hans Christian Blech
Maj. Werner Pluskat


Bourvil
Mayor of Colleville


Red Buttons
Pvt. John Steele


Pauline Carton
Maid


Irina Demick
Janine Boitard, a resistance
Fred Dur
U.S. Army Ranger Major


Fabian
U.S. Army Ranger


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


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


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


George Segal
U.S. Army Ranger


Jean Servais
RAdm. Janjard


Rod Steiger
Destroyer Commander


Richard Todd
Maj. John Howard


Tom Tryon
Lt. Wilson


Peter van Eyck
Lt. Col. Ocker


Robert Wagner
U.S. Army Ranger


Richard Wattis
British Paratrooper


Stuart Whitman
Lt. Sheen


Georges Wilson
Alexandre Renaud


Patrick Barr
Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)


Lyndon Brook
Lt. Walsh (uncredited)


John Crawford
Col. Caffey (uncredited)


Armin Dahlen
Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited)


Mark Damon
Pvt. Harris (uncredited)


Richard Dawson
British Soldier (uncredited)


Eugene Deckers
German Soldier (uncredited)


Gil Delamare
French Commando (uncredited)


Frank Finlay
Pvt. Coke (uncredited)


Harry Fowler
British Paratrooper (uncredited)


Bernard Fox
Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)


Robert Freitag
Meyer's Aide (uncredited)


Bernard Fresson
French Commando (uncredited)
Lutz Gabor
Minor Role (uncredited)
Arnold Gelderman
German Guard on Train Track (uncredited)


Harold Goodwin
British Soldier (uncredited)


Walter Gotell
German Soldier (uncredited)
Henry Grace
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited)


Clément Harari
Minor Role (uncredited)


Ruth Hausmeister
Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)


Jack Hedley
RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)


Michael Hinz
Manfred Rommel (uncredited)
Walter Horsbrugh
Adm. Creasey (uncredited)


Til Kiwe
Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited)


Harry Landis
British Soldier (uncredited)


Wolfgang Lukschy
Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited)


Victor Maddern
Camp Cook (uncredited)


Howard Marion-Crawford
Glider Doctor (uncredited)


Neil McCallum
Canadian Doctor (uncredited)


John Meillon
RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)


Kurt Meisel
Capt. Ernst During (uncredited)
Gérard Moisan
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Tony Mordente
Cook (uncredited)


Bill Nagy
Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)


Rainer Penkert
Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)
Malte Petzel
German Officer with Rupert (uncredited)


John Phillips
Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited)


Siân Phillips
WRNS Officer (uncredited)


Maurice Poli
Jean (uncredited)


Hartmut Reck
Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf (uncredited)


Trevor Reid
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery (uncredited)


Heinz Reincke
Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller (uncredited)
Alexandre Renaud
Firefighter (uncredited)


Paul Edwin Roth
Col. Schiller (uncredited)


Ernst Schröder
Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)


Dietmar Schönherr
Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)


Heinz Spitzner
Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited)
Nicholas Stuart
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited)


Hans Söhnker
German Officer (uncredited)


Alice Tissot
Housekeeper (uncredited)


Michel Tureau
French Commando (uncredited)
Roland Urban
Paratrooper (uncredited)


Vicco von Bülow
Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited)
Joe Warfield
US Army Medic (uncredited)


Dominique Zardi
French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)
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