The Longest Day

1962 PG-13 2h 58m

7.6 /10

Genre

Plot

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"

Director

Ken Annakin

Writers

Cornelius Ryan Cornelius Ryan David Pursall

Stars

John Wayne Robert Mitchum Henry Fonda

Cast & Crew

John Wayne

Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

Robert Mitchum

Brig. Gen. Norman Cota

Henry Fonda

Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Richard Burton

Flying Officer David Campbell

Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

Paul Anka

U.S. Army Ranger

Wolfgang Büttner

Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel

Mel Ferrer

Maj. Gen. Robert Haines

Father Louis Roulland

Janine Boitard, a resistance

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Fred Dur

U.S. Army Ranger Major

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

Fernand Ledoux

Louis

Christian Marquand

Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader

Gen. Raymond D. Barton

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)

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Lutz Gabor

Minor Role (uncredited)

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Arnold Gelderman

German Guard on Train Track (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

British Soldier (uncredited)

Walter Gotell

German Soldier (uncredited)

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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)

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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)

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Gérard Moisan

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Tony Mordente

Cook (uncredited)

Bill Nagy

Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)

Rainer Penkert

Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)

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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)

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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)

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Nicholas Stuart

Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited)

Hans Söhnker

German Officer (uncredited)

Alice Tissot

Housekeeper (uncredited)

Michel Tureau

French Commando (uncredited)

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Roland Urban

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Vicco von Bülow

Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited)

Joe Warfield

US Army Medic (uncredited)

Dominique Zardi

French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)

User Reviews

Geronimo1967

3 Jun 2024

John Wayne may have featured just slightly more than anyone else in this drama, but it's very much an ensemble effort that delivers a film with a grea...

John Chard

22 Jun 2019

For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day. The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German point...