The Longest Day
movie
Released September 25, 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"
Cast
John Wayne
as
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum
as
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Henry Fonda
as
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Richard Burton
as
Flying Officer David Campbell
Sean Connery
as
Pvt. Flanagan
Leslie Phillips
as
RAF Officer Mac
Robert Ryan
as
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Paul Anka
as
U.S. Army Ranger
Wolfgang Büttner
as
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Mel Ferrer
as
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
Ray Danton
as
Capt. Frank
Peter Lawford
as
Lord Lovat
Crew
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Samuel E. Beetley
as
Editor
Ken Annakin
as
Director
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Jean Bourgoin
as
Director of Photography
Bernhard Wicki
as
Director
Andrew Marton
as
Director
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Cornelius Ryan
as
Screenplay
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Walter Wottitz
as
Director of Photography
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Darryl F. Zanuck
as
Producer
Maurice Jarre
as
Original Music Composer
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Cornelius Ryan
as
Novel
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Maude Spector
as
Casting
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Léon Barsacq
as
Art Direction