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The Longest Day

1962PG2h 58m7.6 / 10

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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"

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Synopsis

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"

More about The Longest Day

Cast

John WayneLt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert MitchumBrig. Gen. Norman Cota
Henry FondaBrig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Richard BurtonFlight Officer David Campbell
Sean ConneryPvt. Flanagan
Leslie PhillipsRAF Officer Mac
Robert RyanBrig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Paul AnkaU.S. Army Ranger

Credits

Directed by
Bernhard Wicki, Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton
Written by
David Pursall, Jack Seddon, James Jones, Romain Gary, Cornelius Ryan, Cornelius Ryan

Production details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Budget
$10M
Box office
$50.1M

Production

  • Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
  • 20th Century FoxUnited States

Themes

alliesbased on true storyblack and whitecommandingd-daydramatichistorical fictionnormandy, france