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"

Genre : WarActionDrama

Runtime : 178 mins

Release Date : 1962-09-25

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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 points of view. The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French gets an all star prod...

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 great deal of authenticity to it. It's all set around the day of the D-Day landings in 1944. The weather on England's south coast was, in the words of th...

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))

Dominique Zardi

(French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited))