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"

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)

Ken Annakin

Director

Andrew Marton

Director

Cornelius Ryan

Screenplay

Darryl F. Zanuck

Producer

Maurice Jarre

Original Music Composer

Jean Bourgoin

Director of Photography

Walter Wottitz

Director of Photography

Samuel E. Beetley

Editor

Cornelius Ryan

Novel

Bernhard Wicki

Director

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

Jean Herman

Assistant Director

Gerd Oswald

Second Unit 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

Fernando Pérez

Special Effects

Alex Weldon

Special Effects

Paul Wurtzel

Special Effects

Wally Veevers

Visual Effects

Ken Buckle

Stunts

Yvan Chiffre

Stunts

Jack Cooper

Stunts

Gil Delamare

Stunts

Jean-Pierre Janic

Stunts

Gérard Moisan

Stunts

Joe Powell

Stunts

Nosher Powell

Stunts

Alexandre Renaud

Stunts

John Sullivan

Stunts

Lionel Vitrant

Stunts

Ian Yule

Stunts

Jean Fouchet

Visual Effects

Bob Cuff

Matte Painter

David S. Horsley

Additional Visual Effects

Pierre Levent

Cinematography

Henri Persin

Cinematography

Vincent Rossell

Still Photographer

Guy Tabary

Aerial Camera

John McCorry

Wardrobe Coordinator

Romain Gary

Script Supervisor

Lucie Lichtig

Continuity

David Pursall

Script Consultant

Erich Maria Remarque

Script Consultant

Jack Seddon

Script Consultant

Frank Khoury

Driver

Romain Gary

Writer

James Jones

Writer

David Pursall

Writer

Jack Seddon

Writer

Paul Anka

Additional Music

Mitch Miller

Music Arranger

Joseph de Bretagne

Sound

Jacques Maumont

Sound

William Robert Sivel

Sound

Bernard Farrel

Assistant Director

Tom Pevsner

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

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