Film

The Longest Day

1962 · 2h 58m · War · Action · Drama

THE INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIMED HIT JUST AS IT WAS SHOWN IN THE MAJOR CAPITALS OF THE WORLD!

IMDb

7.7

Rotten Tomatoes

83%

Metacritic

75

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"

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

Eddie Albert

Col. Thompson

Arletty

Madame Barrault

Jean-Louis Barrault

Father Louis Roulland

Richard Beymer

Pvt. Dutch Schultz

• Ken AnnakinDirector
• Bernhard WickiDirector
• Andrew MartonDirector
• Cornelius RyanScreenplay · Novel
• David PursallWriter
• Romain GaryWriter
• James JonesWriter
• Jack SeddonWriter
• Darryl F. ZanuckProducer
• Jean BourgoinDirector of Photography

The Longest Day trailer

Release date

September 25, 1962

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 58m

Rated

PG

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$50,100,000

Genres

War, Action, Drama

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