Movie Description
The Longest Day
(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"
Featured Crew
- Director : Ken Annakin,Andrew Marton,Bernhard Wicki
- Producer : Darryl F. Zanuck
- Writer : Romain Gary,James Jones,David Pursall,Jack Seddon
- Editor : Samuel E. Beetley
- Cast : John Wayne,Robert Mitchum,Henry Fonda,Richard Burton,Sean Connery,Leslie Phillips,Robert Ryan,Paul Anka,Wolfgang Büttner,Mel Ferrer,Ray Danton,Peter Lawford,Eddie Albert,Arletty,Jean-Louis Barrault,Richard Beymer,Hans Christian Blech,Bourvil,Red Buttons,Pauline Carton,Irina Demick,Fred Dur,Fabian,Steve Forrest,Gert Fröbe,Leo Genn,John Gregson,Paul Hartmann,Peter Helm,Werner Hinz,Donald Houston,Jeffrey Hunter,Karl John,Curd Jürgens,Alexander Knox,Fernand Ledoux,Christian Marquand,Dewey Martin,Roddy McDowall,Michael Medwin,Sal Mineo,Kenneth More,Richard Münch,Edmond O'Brien,Wolfgang Preiss,Ron Randell,Madeleine Renaud,Georges Rivière,Norman Rossington,Tommy Sands,George Segal,Jean Servais,Rod Steiger,Richard Todd,Tom Tryon,Peter van Eyck,Robert Wagner,Richard Wattis,Stuart Whitman,Georges Wilson,Patrick Barr,Lyndon Brook,John Crawford,Armin Dahlen,Mark Damon,Richard Dawson,Eugene Deckers,Gil Delamare,Frank Finlay,Harry Fowler,Bernard Fox,Robert Freitag,Bernard Fresson,Lutz Gabor,Arnold Gelderman,Harold Goodwin,Walter Gotell,Henry Grace,Clément Harari,Ruth Hausmeister,Jack Hedley,Michael Hinz,Walter Horsbrugh,Til Kiwe,Harry Landis,Wolfgang Lukschy,Victor Maddern,Howard Marion-Crawford,Neil McCallum,John Meillon,Kurt Meisel,Gérard Moisan,Tony Mordente,Bill Nagy,Rainer Penkert,Malte Petzel,John Phillips,Siân Phillips,Maurice Poli,Hartmut Reck,Trevor Reid,Heinz Reincke,Alexandre Renaud,Paul Edwin Roth,Ernst Schröder,Dietmar Schönherr,Heinz Spitzner,Nicholas Stuart,Hans Söhnker,Alice Tissot,Michel Tureau,Roland Urban,Vicco von Bülow,Joe Warfield,Dominique Zardi
Cast
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Flying Officer David Campbell
Pvt. Flanagan
RAF Officer Mac
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
U.S. Army Ranger
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
Capt. Frank
Lord Lovat
Col. Thompson
Madame Barrault
Father Louis Roulland
Pvt. Dutch Schultz
Maj. Werner Pluskat
Mayor of Colleville
Pvt. John Steele
Maid
Janine Boitard, a resistance
U.S. Army Ranger Major
U.S. Army Ranger
Capt. Harding
Sgt. Kaffekanne
Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.
British Padre
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
Young GI
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
RAF Pilot
Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller
Gen. Wolfgang Häger
Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt
Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Louis
Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader
Sgt. Wilder
Pvt. Morris
Pvt. Watney
Pvt. Martini
Capt. Colin Maud
Gen. Erich Marcks
Gen. Raymond D. Barton
Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
Joe Williams
Mother Superior
Sgt. Guy de Montlaur
Pvt. Clough
U.S. Army Ranger
U.S. Army Ranger
RAdm. Janjard
Destroyer Commander
Maj. John Howard
Lt. Wilson
Lt. Col. Ocker
U.S. Army Ranger
British Paratrooper
Lt. Sheen
Alexandre Renaud
Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)
Lt. Walsh (uncredited)
Col. Caffey (uncredited)
Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited)
Pvt. Harris (uncredited)
British Soldier (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
French Commando (uncredited)
Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
British Paratrooper (uncredited)
Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)
Meyer's Aide (uncredited)
French Commando (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
German Guard on Train Track (uncredited)
British Soldier (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)
RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
Manfred Rommel (uncredited)
Adm. Creasey (uncredited)
Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited)
British Soldier (uncredited)
Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited)
Camp Cook (uncredited)
Glider Doctor (uncredited)
Canadian Doctor (uncredited)
RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
Capt. Ernst During (uncredited)
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Cook (uncredited)
Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)
Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)
German Officer with Rupert (uncredited)
Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited)
WRNS Officer (uncredited)
Jean (uncredited)
Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf (uncredited)
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery (uncredited)
Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller (uncredited)
Firefighter (uncredited)
Col. Schiller (uncredited)
Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)
Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)
Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited)
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited)
German Officer (uncredited)
Housekeeper (uncredited)
French Commando (uncredited)
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited)
US Army Medic (uncredited)
French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleThe Longest Day
Status Released
Release Information
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1962-09-25
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 02h 58m
Budget₹ 10000000
Revenue₹ 50100000
Production CompaniesDarryl F. Zanuck Productions,20th Century Fox
Genres
- War
- Action
- Drama
