The Longest Day
2 hours 58 minutes1962-09-25
7.6
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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"
Cast
Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Eddie Albert
Col. Thompson
Paul Anka
U.S. Army Ranger
Arletty
Madame Barrault
Jean-Louis Barrault
Father Louis Roulland
Richard Beymer
Pvt. Dutch Schultz
Hans Christian Blech
Maj. Werner Pluskat
Bourvil
Mayor of Colleville
Richard Burton
Flying Officer David Campbell
Wolfgang Büttner
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Red Buttons
Pvt. John Steele
Pauline Carton
Maid
Sean Connery
Pvt. Flanagan
Ray Danton
Capt. Frank
Irina Demick
Janine Boitard, a resistance
Fred Dur
U.S. Army Ranger Major
Fabian
U.S. Army Ranger
Mel Ferrer
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
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
Peter Lawford
Lord Lovat
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
Leslie Phillips
RAF Officer Mac
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)
