The Longest Day Poster

The Longest Day

75.84% | September 25, 1962 | 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"

Featured Crew

Ken Annakin
Director
Andrew Marton
Director
Cornelius Ryan
Screenplay

Cast

John Wayne
John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Richard Burton
Richard Burton
Flying Officer David Campbell
Sean Connery
Sean Connery
Pvt. Flanagan