The Longest Day

The Longest Day

75.81% | Sep 25, 1962 | War, Action, Drama

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"

Featured Cast

Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
Jean Bourgoin
Director of Photography

Cast

Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Flying Officer David Campbell
Richard Burton
Flying Officer David Campbell
Pvt. Flanagan
Sean Connery
Pvt. Flanagan

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