The Longest Day (1962)

Written by Romain Gary, James Jones

Directed by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton

Production Year: 1962

Rating: PG Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Black and White

Producer Darryl F Zanuck's classic Oscar-nominated recreation of the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6 1944. The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view

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Cast

	Eddie Albert		Col. Thompson
	Paul Anka		U.S. Army Ranger
	Arletty		Madame Barrault
	Jean-Louis Barrault		Father Louis Roulland
	Richard Beymer		Schultz
	Hans-Christian Blech		Maj. Werner Pluskat
	Bourvil		Mayor of Colleville
	Richard Burton		Flight Officer David Campbell
	Wolfgang Büttner		Maj. General Dr. Hans Speidel
	Red Buttons		Pvt. John Steele
	Pauline Carton		Maid
	Sean Connery		Pvt. Flanagan
	Ray Danton		Capt. Frank
	Irina Demick		Janine Boitard
	Fred Dur		U.S. Army Ranger major
	Fabian		U.S. Army Ranger
	Mel Ferrer		Maj. General Robert Haines
	Henry Fonda		Brig. General Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
	Steve Forrest		Capt. Harding
	Gert Fröbe		Sgt. Kaffekanne
	Leo Genn		Brig. General Edwin P. Parker Jr.
	John Gregson		British Padre
	Paul Hartmann		Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
	Peter Helm		Young GI
	Werner Hinz		Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
	Donald Houston		RAF pilot at flight base
	Jeffrey Hunter		Sgt. John H. Fuller
	Karl John		General Wolfgang Hager
	Curd Jürgens		Maj. General Gunther Blumentritt
	Alexander Knox		Maj. General Walter Bedell Smith
	Peter Lawford		Lord Lovat
	Fernand Ledoux		Louis
	Christian Marquand		Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer
	Dewey Martin		Pvt. Wilder
	Roddy McDowall		Pvt. Morris
	Michael Medwin		Pvt. Watney
	Sal Mineo		Pvt. Martini
	Robert Mitchum		Brig. General Norman Cota
	Kenneth More		Capt. Colin Maud
	Richard Münch		General Erich Marcks
	Edmond O'Brien		General Raymond D. Barton
	Leslie Phillips		Royal Air Force officer
	Wolfgang Preiss		Maj. General Max Pemsel
	Ron Randell		Joe Williams
	Madeleine Renaud		Mother Superior
	Georges Rivière		Sgt. Guy de Montlaur
	Norman Rossington		Pvt. Clough
	Robert Ryan		Brig. General James M. Gavin
	Tommy Sands		U.S. Army Ranger
	George Segal		U.S. Army Ranger
	Jean Servais		RAdm. Janjard
	Rod Steiger		Destroyer commander
	Richard Todd		Maj. John Howard
	Tom Tryon		Lt. Wilson
	Peter van Eyck		Lt. Col. Ocker
	Robert Wagner		U.S. Army Ranger
	Richard Wattis		British Paratrooper
	Stuart Whitman		Lt. Sheen
	Georges Wilson		Alexandre Renaud
	John Wayne		Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort