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"
Main Cast of The Longest Day
Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt jr.
John Wayne
Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Arletty
Madame Barrault
Jean-Louis Barrault
Father Louis Roulland
Bourvil
Le maire de Colleville
Eddie Albert
Col. Thompson
Paul Anka
U.S. Army Ranger
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Richard Beymer
Pvt. Dutch Schultz
Hans Christian Blech
Maj. Werner Pluskat
Richard Burton
Flying Officer David Campbell
Secondary Cast of The Longest Day
Fred Dur
U.S. Army Ranger major
Lutz Gabor
Bit Part (uncredited)
Arnold Gelderman
German Guard on Traintreck (uncredited)
Henry Grace
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited)
Michael Hinz
Manfred Rommel (uncredited)
Walter Horsbrugh
Adm. Creasey (uncredited)
Tony Mordente
Cook (uncredited)
Malte Petzel
German Officer with Rupert (uncredited)
Nicholas Stuart
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited)
Roland Urban
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Joe Warfield
US Army Medic (uncredited)
Crew of The Longest Day
Full backstage crew list →- Released on September 25, 1962