The Longest Day
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"
Release Date
September 25, 1962Runtime
178 minRating
PGDirected by
Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Ken Annakin, Tom Pevsner, Bernard Farrel, Gérard Renateau, Louis Pitzele, Gerd Oswald, Darryl F. Zanuck, Henry Wise, Jean Herman, Henry Sokal Jr., Elmo WilliamsWritten by
Jack Seddon, David Pursall, James Jones, Romain GaryScreenplay by
Cornelius RyanLanguage
EnglishBudget
$10,000,000Revenue
$50,100,000Status
ReleasedCast
Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt jr.John Wayne
Col. Benjamin VandervoortRobert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman CotaRobert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. GavinArletty
Madame BarraultJean-Louis Barrault
Father Louis RoullandBourvil
Le maire de CollevilleEddie Albert
Col. ThompsonPaul Anka
U.S. Army RangerRichard Beymer
Pvt. Dutch SchultzHans Christian Blech
Maj. Werner PluskatRichard Burton
Flying Officer David CampbellWolfgang Büttner
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans SpeidelRed Buttons
Pvt. John SteelePauline Carton
MaidGert Fröbe
Sgt. KaffekanneMel Ferrer
Maj. Gen. Robert HainesRobert Wagner
U.S. Army RangerGeorges Wilson
Alexandre RenaudCurd Jürgens
Maj. Gen. Gunther BlumentrittSean Connery
Pvt. FlanaganFernand Ledoux
LouisMadeleine Renaud
Mother SuperiorRoddy McDowall
Pvt. MorrisPeter Lawford
Lord LovatChristian Marquand
Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer (commando leader)Rod Steiger
Destroyer CommanderLeo Genn
Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.Ray Danton
Capt. FrankIrina Demick
Janine BoitardFabian
U.S. Army RangerSteve Forrest
Capt. HardingJohn Gregson
British PadrePaul Hartmann
Field Marshal Gerd von RundstedtPeter Helm
Young GIWerner Hinz
Field Marshal Erwin RommelSal Mineo
Pvt. MartiniDonald Houston
RAF PilotJeffrey Hunter
Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. FullerKarl John
Gen. Wolfgang HagerAlexander Knox
Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell SmithDewey Martin
Sgt. WilderMichael Medwin
Pvt. WatneyKenneth More
Capt. Colin MaudJean Servais
RAdm. JanjardRichard Münch
Gen. Erich MarcksEdmond O'Brien
Gen. Raymond D. BartonLeslie Phillips
RAF Officer MacWolfgang Preiss
Maj. Gen. Max PemselRon Randell
Joe WilliamsGeorges Rivière
Sgt. Guy de MontlaurNorman Rossington
Pvt. CloughTommy Sands
U.S. Army RangerGeorge Segal
U.S. Army RangerBernard Fox
Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)Richard Todd
Maj. John HowardTom Tryon
Lt. WilsonPeter van Eyck
Lt. Col. OckerRichard Wattis
British ParatrooperStuart Whitman
Lt. SheenPatrick Barr
Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)John Crawford
Col. Caffey (uncredited)Lyndon Brook
Lt. Walsh (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)Robert Freitag
Meyer's Aide (uncredited)Bernard Fresson
French Commando (uncredited)Harold Goodwin
British Soldier (uncredited)Walter Gotell
German soldier (uncredited)Clément Harari
Minor Role (uncredited)Ruth Hausmeister
Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)Jack Hedley
RAF Briefing Officer (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)Bill Nagy
Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)Rainer Penkert
Lt. Fritz Theen (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)Paul Edwin Roth
Col. Schiller (uncredited)Dietmar Schönherr
Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)Ernst Schröder
Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)Hans Söhnker
Deutscher Offizier (uncredited)Heinz Spitzner
Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited)Alice Tissot
Housekeeper (uncredited)Michel Tureau
French Commando (uncredited)Vicco von Bülow
Pemsel's adjutant (uncredited)Dominique Zardi
French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)Images
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