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