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The Longest Day

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"

Release Date: 1962-09-25

Original Language: en

Genres: War Action Drama

Rating:

Popularity:

20.492

Cast Members

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Dominique Zardi

French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)