Details
- Release: Sep 25 1962
- Runtime: 178 min
- Language: English
- Budget: $10,000,000
- Revenue: $50,100,000
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"
Credits
John Meillon
RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
Sean Connery
Pvt. Flanagan
John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Robert Wagner
U.S. Army Ranger
Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Richard Burton
Flying Officer David Campbell
Roddy McDowall
Pvt. Morris
Rod Steiger
Destroyer Commander
Eddie Albert
Col. Thompson
George Segal
U.S. Army Ranger
Peter Lawford
Lord Lovat
Steve Forrest
Capt. Harding
John Crawford
Col. Caffey (uncredited)
Red Buttons
Pvt. John Steele
Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Frank Finlay
Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
Edmond O'Brien
Gen. Raymond D. Barton
Gert Fröbe
Sgt. Kaffekanne
Siân Phillips
WRNS Officer (uncredited)