The Longest Day
178 mins
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"
Fred Dur
U.S. Army Ranger Major
Lutz Gabor
Minor Role (uncredited)
Arnold Gelderman
German Guard on Train Track (uncredited)
Henry Grace
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited)
Michael Hinz
Manfred Rommel (uncredited)
Walter Horsbrugh
Adm. Creasey (uncredited)
Gérard Moisan
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Tony Mordente
Cook (uncredited)
Malte Petzel
German Officer with Rupert (uncredited)
Alexandre Renaud
Firefighter (uncredited)
Nicholas Stuart
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited)
Roland Urban
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Joe Warfield
US Army Medic (uncredited)
Cornelius Ryan
Screenplay
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Jean Bourgoin
Director of Photography
Walter Wottitz
Director of Photography
Samuel E. Beetley
Editor
Cornelius Ryan
Novel
Maude Spector
Casting
Léon Barsacq
Art Direction
Ted Haworth
Art Direction
Vincent Korda
Art Direction
Elmo Williams
Associate Producer
Gabriel Béchir
Set Designer
Henry Wise
Second Assistant Director
Henry Sokal Jr.
Assistant Director
Elmo Williams
Second Unit Director
Karl Baumgartner
Special Effects
Joseph de Bretagne
Special Effects
Gerald Endler
Special Effects
Karl Helmer
Special Effects
Augie Lohman
Special Effects
R.A. MacDonald
Special Effects
Alex Weldon
Special Effects
Paul Wurtzel
Special Effects
Wally Veevers
Visual Effects
Ken Buckle
Stunts
Jack Cooper
Stunts
Jean-Pierre Janic
Stunts
Gérard Moisan
Stunts
Joe Powell
Stunts
Alexandre Renaud
Stunts
Jean Fouchet
Visual Effects
Bob Cuff
Matte Painter
David S. Horsley
Additional Visual Effects
Pierre Levent
Cinematography
Henri Persin
Cinematography
Guy Tabary
Aerial Camera
John McCorry
Wardrobe Coordinator
Lucie Lichtig
Continuity
David Pursall
Script Consultant
Jack Seddon
Script Consultant
Frank Khoury
Driver
David Pursall
Writer
Jack Seddon
Writer
Mitch Miller
Music Arranger
Joseph de Bretagne
Sound
Jacques Maumont
Sound
William Robert Sivel
Sound
Bernard Farrel
Assistant Director
Louis Pitzele
Assistant Director
Gérard Renateau
Assistant Director
Jean Fouchet
Special Effects
Günther Blumentritt
Technical Advisor
James Gavin
Technical Advisor
John Howard
Technical Advisor
Philippe Kieffer
Technical Advisor
Pierre Koenig
Technical Advisor
Helmuth Lang
Technical Advisor
The Earl of Lovat
Technical Advisor
Frederick Morgan
Technical Advisor
Max Pemsel
Technical Advisor
Werner Pluskat
Technical Advisor
Josef Priller
Technical Advisor
Lucie Maria Rommel
Technical Advisor
Friedrich Ruge
Technical Advisor
Jean Barral
Technical Advisor
Roger Bligh
Technical Advisor
Willard L. Bushy
Technical Advisor
Hubert Deschard
Technical Advisor
A. J. Hillebrand
Technical Advisor
James R. Johnson
Technical Advisor
Fernand Prevost
Technical Advisor
E. C. Peake
Technical Advisor
Albert Saby
Technical Advisor
Joseph B. Seay
Technical Advisor