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Film / 1962
The Longest Day
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"
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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
John WayneLt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert MitchumBrig. Gen. Norman Cota
Henry FondaBrig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Richard BurtonFlight Officer David Campbell
Sean ConneryPvt. Flanagan
Leslie PhillipsRAF Officer Mac
Robert RyanBrig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Paul AnkaU.S. Army Ranger
Wolfgang BüttnerMaj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Mel FerrerMaj. Gen. Robert Haines
Ray DantonCapt. Frank
Peter LawfordLord Lovat
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Eddie AlbertCol. Thompson
ArlettyMadame Barrault
Jean-Louis BarraultFather Louis Roulland
Richard BeymerPvt. Dutch Schultz
Hans Christian BlechMaj. Werner Pluskat
BourvilMayor of Colleville
Red ButtonsPvt. John Steele
Pauline CartonMaid
Irina DemickJanine Boitard
Fred DurU.S. Army Ranger Major
FabianU.S. Army Ranger
Steve ForrestCapt. Harding
Gert FröbeSgt. Kaffekanne
Leo GennBrig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.
John GregsonBritish Padre
Paul HartmannField Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
Peter HelmYoung GI
Werner HinzField Marshal Erwin Rommel
Donald HoustonRAF Pilot
Jeffrey HunterSgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller
Karl JohnGen. Wolfgang Häger
Curd JürgensMaj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt
Alexander KnoxMaj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Fernand LedouxLouis
Christian MarquandCmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader
Dewey MartinSgt. Wilder
Roddy McDowallPvt. Morris
Michael MedwinPvt. Watney
Sal MineoPvt. Martini
Kenneth MoreCapt. Colin Maud
Richard MünchGen. Erich Marcks
Edmond O'BrienGen. Raymond D. Barton
Wolfgang PreissMaj. Gen. Max Pemsel
Ron RandellJoe Williams
Madeleine RenaudMother Superior
Georges RivièreSgt. Guy de Montlaur
Norman RossingtonPvt. Clough
Tommy SandsU.S. Army Ranger
George SegalU.S. Army Ranger
Jean ServaisRAdm. Janjard
Rod SteigerDestroyer Commander
Richard ToddMaj. John Howard
Tom TryonLt. Wilson
Peter van EyckLt. Col. Ocker
Robert WagnerU.S. Army Ranger
Richard WattisBritish Paratrooper
Stuart WhitmanLt. Sheen
Georges WilsonAlexandre Renaud
Patrick BarrGroup Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)
Lyndon BrookLt. Walsh (uncredited)
John CrawfordCol. Caffey (uncredited)
Armin DahlenBlumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited)
Mark DamonPvt. Harris (uncredited)
Richard DawsonBritish Soldier (uncredited)
Eugene DeckersGerman Soldier (uncredited)
Gil DelamareFrench Commando (uncredited)
Frank FinlayPvt. Coke (uncredited)
Harry FowlerBritish Paratrooper (uncredited)
Bernard FoxPvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)
Robert FreitagMeyer's Aide (uncredited)
Bernard FressonFrench Commando (uncredited)
Lutz GaborMinor Role (uncredited)
Arnold GeldermanGerman Guard on Train Track (uncredited)
Harold GoodwinBritish Soldier (uncredited)
Walter GotellGerman Soldier (uncredited)
Henry GraceGen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited)
Clément HarariMinor Role (uncredited)
Ruth HausmeisterFrau Maria Rommel (uncredited)
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