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The Longest Day

75.87 %|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 Crew

Walter Wottitz
Director of Photography
Ken Annakin
Director
Jean Bourgoin
Director of Photography
Cornelius Ryan
Screenplay
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Cornelius Ryan
Novel
Bernhard Wicki
Director
Andrew Marton
Director

Cast

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Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt jr.
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John Wayne
Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
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Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
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Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
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Arletty
Madame Barrault
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Jean-Louis Barrault
Father Louis Roulland
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Bourvil
Le maire de Colleville
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Eddie Albert
Col. Thompson
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Paul Anka
U.S. Army Ranger
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Richard Beymer
Pvt. Dutch Schultz
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Hans Christian Blech
Maj. Werner Pluskat
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Richard Burton
Flying Officer David Campbell
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Wolfgang Büttner
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
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Red Buttons
Pvt. John Steele
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Gert Fröbe
Sgt. Kaffekanne
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Mel Ferrer
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
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Robert Wagner
U.S. Army Ranger
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Georges Wilson
Alexandre Renaud
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Curd Jürgens
Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt
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Sean Connery
Pvt. Flanagan
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Madeleine Renaud
Mother Superior
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Roddy McDowall
Pvt. Morris
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Peter Lawford
Lord Lovat
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Christian Marquand
Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer (commando leader)
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Rod Steiger
Destroyer Commander
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Leo Genn
Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.
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Ray Danton
Capt. Frank
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Irina Demick
Janine Boitard
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Fred Dur
U.S. Army Ranger major
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Fabian
U.S. Army Ranger
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Steve Forrest
Capt. Harding
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John Gregson
British Padre
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Paul Hartmann
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
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Peter Helm
Young GI
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Werner Hinz
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
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Sal Mineo
Pvt. Martini
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Jeffrey Hunter
Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller
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Karl John
Gen. Wolfgang Hager
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Alexander Knox
Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
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Dewey Martin
Sgt. Wilder
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Michael Medwin
Pvt. Watney
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Kenneth More
Capt. Colin Maud
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Jean Servais
RAdm. Janjard
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Richard Münch
Gen. Erich Marcks
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Edmond O'Brien
Gen. Raymond D. Barton
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Leslie Phillips
RAF Officer Mac
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Wolfgang Preiss
Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
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Ron Randell
Joe Williams
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Georges Rivière
Sgt. Guy de Montlaur
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Tommy Sands
U.S. Army Ranger
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George Segal
U.S. Army Ranger
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Bernard Fox
Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)
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Richard Todd
Maj. John Howard
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Tom Tryon
Lt. Wilson
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Peter van Eyck
Lt. Col. Ocker
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Richard Wattis
British Paratrooper
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Patrick Barr
Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)
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John Crawford
Col. Caffey (uncredited)
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Lyndon Brook
Lt. Walsh (uncredited)
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Armin Dahlen
Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited)
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Mark Damon
Pvt. Harris (uncredited)
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Richard Dawson
British Soldier (uncredited)
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Eugene Deckers
German Soldier (uncredited)
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Gil Delamare
French Commando (uncredited)
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Frank Finlay
Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
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Harry Fowler
British Paratrooper (uncredited)
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Robert Freitag
Meyer's Aide (uncredited)
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Bernard Fresson
French Commando (uncredited)
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Lutz Gabor
Bit Part (uncredited)
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Arnold Gelderman
German Guard on Traintreck (uncredited)
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Harold Goodwin
British Soldier (uncredited)
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Walter Gotell
German soldier (uncredited)
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Henry Grace
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited)
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Clément Harari
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Ruth Hausmeister
Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)
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Jack Hedley
RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
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Michael Hinz
Manfred Rommel (uncredited)
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Walter Horsbrugh
Adm. Creasey (uncredited)
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Til Kiwe
Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited)
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Harry Landis
British Soldier (uncredited)
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Wolfgang Lukschy
Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited)
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Victor Maddern
Camp Cook (uncredited)
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Howard Marion-Crawford
Glider Doctor (uncredited)
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Neil McCallum
Canadian Doctor (uncredited)
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John Meillon
RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
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Kurt Meisel
Capt. Ernst During (uncredited)
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Gérard Moisan
Paratrooper (uncredited)
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Tony Mordente
Cook (uncredited)
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Bill Nagy
Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)
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Rainer Penkert
Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)
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Malte Petzel
German Officer with Rupert (uncredited)
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John Phillips
Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited)
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Siân Phillips
WRNS Officer (uncredited)
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Maurice Poli
Jean (uncredited)
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Hartmut Reck
Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf (uncredited)
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Trevor Reid
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery (uncredited)
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Heinz Reincke
Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller (uncredited)
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Paul Edwin Roth
Col. Schiller (uncredited)
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Dietmar Schönherr
Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)
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Ernst Schröder
Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)
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Hans Söhnker
Deutscher Offizier (uncredited)
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Heinz Spitzner
Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited)
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Nicholas Stuart
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited)
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Alice Tissot
Housekeeper (uncredited)
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Michel Tureau
French Commando (uncredited)
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Roland Urban
Paratrooper (uncredited)
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Vicco von Bülow
Pemsel's adjutant (uncredited)
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Joe Warfield
US Army Medic (uncredited)
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Dominique Zardi
French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)
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Vicco von Bülow
Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited)
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Alexandre Renaud
Firefighter (uncredited)
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Clint Eastwood
British Soldier