The Longest Day (1962)

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Released:
1962-09-25

Overview:
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"

Directors:
Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton

Runtime:
2h 58min

Genre:
War, Action, Drama

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