The Longest Day
The Longest Day
Release: 1962-09-25
·Runtime: 178m
·★ 7.6
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"
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
20th Century Fox
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Hans Christian Blech
as Maj. Werner Pluskat
Gil Delamare
as French Commando (uncredited)
Rainer Penkert
as Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)
Harry Landis
as British Soldier (uncredited)
Hartmut Reck
as Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf (uncredited)
Richard Beymer
as Pvt. Dutch Schultz
Gert Fröbe
as Sgt. Kaffekanne
Dewey Martin
as Sgt. Wilder
Madeleine Renaud
as Mother Superior
Jean Servais
as RAdm. Janjard
Tom Tryon
as Lt. Wilson
Ruth Hausmeister
as Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)
Neil McCallum
as Canadian Doctor (uncredited)
Fabian
as U.S. Army Ranger
Steve Forrest
as Capt. Harding
Ron Randell
as Joe Williams
Tommy Sands
as U.S. Army Ranger
Stuart Whitman
as Lt. Sheen
Harold Goodwin
as British Soldier (uncredited)
Richard Todd
as Maj. John Howard
John Phillips
as Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited)
Vicco von Bülow
as Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited)
Arletty
as Madame Barrault
Werner Hinz
as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Michael Medwin
as Pvt. Watney
Peter van Eyck
as Lt. Col. Ocker
Howard Marion-Crawford
as Glider Doctor (uncredited)
Kenneth More
as Capt. Colin Maud
Georges Rivière
as Sgt. Guy de Montlaur
Lyndon Brook
as Lt. Walsh (uncredited)
Ray Danton
as Capt. Frank
Peter Lawford
as Lord Lovat
Curd Jürgens
as Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt
Sal Mineo
as Pvt. Martini
George Segal
as U.S. Army Ranger
Henry Fonda
as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Leo Genn
as Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.
Edmond O'Brien
as Gen. Raymond D. Barton
Trevor Reid
as Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery (uncredited)
Hans Söhnker
as German Officer (uncredited)
Eddie Albert
as Col. Thompson
Paul Hartmann
as Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
Richard Burton
as Flying Officer David Campbell
Wolfgang Büttner
as Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Christian Marquand
as Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader
Richard Dawson
as British Soldier (uncredited)
Pauline Carton
as Maid
Irina Demick
as Janine Boitard, a resistance
Rod Steiger
as Destroyer Commander
John Wayne
as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Red Buttons
as Pvt. John Steele
Richard Münch
as Gen. Erich Marcks
Clément Harari
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Heinz Spitzner
as Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited)
Heinz Reincke
as Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller (uncredited)
Dominique Zardi
as French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)
Jeffrey Hunter
as Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller
Kurt Meisel
as Capt. Ernst During (uncredited)
Robert Wagner
as U.S. Army Ranger
Victor Maddern
as Camp Cook (uncredited)
Maurice Poli
as Jean (uncredited)
Bourvil
as Mayor of Colleville
Armin Dahlen
as Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited)
Bill Nagy
as Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)
Donald Houston
as RAF Pilot
Jean-Louis Barrault
as Father Louis Roulland
Alexander Knox
as Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Patrick Barr
as Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)
Jack Hedley
as RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
Karl John
as Gen. Wolfgang Häger
Georges Wilson
as Alexandre Renaud
Robert Freitag
as Meyer's Aide (uncredited)
Paul Anka
as U.S. Army Ranger
Wolfgang Preiss
as Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
Mark Damon
as Pvt. Harris (uncredited)
Michel Tureau
as French Commando (uncredited)
Bernard Fox
as Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)
Mel Ferrer
as Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
Fernand Ledoux
as Louis
John Crawford
as Col. Caffey (uncredited)
Harry Fowler
as British Paratrooper (uncredited)
Tony Mordente
as Cook (uncredited)
Paul Edwin Roth
as Col. Schiller (uncredited)
Ernst Schröder
as Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)
Dietmar Schönherr
as Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)
Robert Mitchum
as Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Frank Finlay
as Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
Bernard Fresson
as French Commando (uncredited)
Alice Tissot
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
Sean Connery
as Pvt. Flanagan
Robert Ryan
as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Norman Rossington
as Pvt. Clough
Michael Hinz
as Manfred Rommel (uncredited)
Peter Helm
as Young GI
Roddy McDowall
as Pvt. Morris
John Meillon
as RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
Siân Phillips
as WRNS Officer (uncredited)
Leslie Phillips
as RAF Officer Mac
John Gregson
as British Padre
Eugene Deckers
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Til Kiwe
as Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited)
Richard Wattis
as British Paratrooper
Walter Gotell
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Wolfgang Lukschy
as Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited)
Crew
Jean Herman
Assistant Director
Romain Gary
Script Supervisor, Writer
Andrew Marton
Director
Erich Maria Remarque
Script Consultant
Vincent Rossell
Still Photographer
Bernhard Wicki
Director
Gil Delamare
Stunts
Ian Yule
Stunts
Fernando Pérez
Special Effects
James Jones
Writer
Ken Annakin
Director
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
Nosher Powell
Stunts
John Sullivan
Stunts
Paul Anka
Additional Music
Lionel Vitrant
Stunts
Gerd Oswald
Second Unit Director
Yvan Chiffre
Stunts
Tom Pevsner
Assistant Director