The Longest Day

1962Rated7.62h 58mWar, Drama, History

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"

Starring: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda

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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
  • Wolfgang BüttnerMaj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
  • Mel FerrerMaj. Gen. Robert Haines

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