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