The Longest Day
The Longest Day

Information

Release DateSeptember 25, 1962
Runtime2h 58m
StatusReleased
Budget$10M
Revenue$50M
ProductionDarryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox
LanguagesGerman, French, English
7.6
969 votes
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The Longest Day

Synopsis

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"

Cast & Crew

Director

Ken Annakin
Ken Annakin

Featured 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

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