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The Longest Day

First aired on Sep 25, 1962

Runtime: 178mins

80%

Genres: 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 Cast: click image to view more
John Wayne | Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum | Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Henry Fonda | Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Richard Burton | Flying Officer David Campbell
Sean Connery | Pvt. Flanagan
Leslie Phillips | RAF Officer Mac
Featured Crew
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Ken Annakin | Director
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Andrew Marton | Director
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Cornelius Ryan | Screenplay
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Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer
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Maurice Jarre | Original Music Composer
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Jean Bourgoin | Director of Photography