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