
Feature film — 1962
The Longest Day (1962)
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"
The note
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A high-signal pick with 1,072 votes.
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions / 20th Century Fox
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Director: Ken Annakin
On screen
Cast & crew

John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota

Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Richard Burton
Flight Officer David Campbell

Sean Connery
Pvt. Flanagan

Leslie Phillips
RAF Officer Mac

Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

Paul Anka
U.S. Army Ranger

Wolfgang Büttner
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel

Mel Ferrer
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines

Ray Danton
Capt. Frank

Peter Lawford
Lord Lovat
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