The Longest Day (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"
7.6
Watch Trailer
Status: Released
Release Date: 1962-09-25
Runtime: 2h 58m
Director: Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton
Writer: Cornelius Ryan, Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall, Jack Seddon
Close
Official Videos
John Landis on THE LONGEST DAY
The Longest Day trailer
Close
Top Cast
John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Richard Burton
Flying 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
Hans Christian Blech
Maj. Werner Pluskat
Bourvil
Mayor of Colleville
Red Buttons
Pvt. John Steele
Pauline Carton
Maid
Irina Demick
Janine Boitard, a resistance
Fred Dur
U.S. Army Ranger Major
Fabian
U.S. Army Ranger
Steve Forrest
Capt. Harding
Gert Fröbe
Sgt. Kaffekanne
Leo Genn
Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.
John Gregson
British Padre
Paul Hartmann
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
Peter Helm
Young GI
Werner Hinz
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Donald Houston
RAF Pilot
Jeffrey Hunter
Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller
Karl John
Gen. Wolfgang Häger
Curd Jürgens
Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt
Alexander Knox
Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Fernand Ledoux
Louis
Christian Marquand
Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader
Dewey Martin
Sgt. Wilder
Roddy McDowall
Pvt. Morris
Michael Medwin
Pvt. Watney
Sal Mineo
Pvt. Martini
Kenneth More
Capt. Colin Maud
Richard Münch
Gen. Erich Marcks
Edmond O'Brien
Gen. Raymond D. Barton
Wolfgang Preiss
Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
Ron Randell
Joe Williams
Madeleine Renaud
Mother Superior
Georges Rivière
Sgt. Guy de Montlaur
Norman Rossington
Pvt. Clough
Tommy Sands
U.S. Army Ranger
George Segal
U.S. Army Ranger
Jean Servais
RAdm. Janjard
Rod Steiger
Destroyer Commander
Richard Todd
Maj. John Howard
Tom Tryon
Lt. Wilson
Peter van Eyck
Lt. Col. Ocker
Robert Wagner
U.S. Army Ranger
Richard Wattis
British Paratrooper
Stuart Whitman
Lt. Sheen
Georges Wilson
Alexandre Renaud
Patrick Barr
Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)
Lyndon Brook
Lt. Walsh (uncredited)
John Crawford
Col. Caffey (uncredited)
Armin Dahlen
Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited)
Mark Damon
Pvt. Harris (uncredited)
Richard Dawson
British Soldier (uncredited)
Eugene Deckers
German Soldier (uncredited)
Gil Delamare
French Commando (uncredited)
Frank Finlay
Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
Harry Fowler
British Paratrooper (uncredited)
Bernard Fox
Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)
Robert Freitag
Meyer's Aide (uncredited)
Bernard Fresson
French Commando (uncredited)
Lutz Gabor
Minor Role (uncredited)
Arnold Gelderman
German Guard on Train Track (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
British Soldier (uncredited)
Walter Gotell
German Soldier (uncredited)
Henry Grace
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited)
Clément Harari
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ruth Hausmeister
Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)
Jack Hedley
RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
Michael Hinz
Manfred Rommel (uncredited)
Walter Horsbrugh
Adm. Creasey (uncredited)
Til Kiwe
Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited)
Harry Landis
British Soldier (uncredited)
Wolfgang Lukschy
Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited)
Victor Maddern
Camp Cook (uncredited)
Howard Marion-Crawford
Glider Doctor (uncredited)
Neil McCallum
Canadian Doctor (uncredited)
John Meillon
RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
Kurt Meisel
Capt. Ernst During (uncredited)
Gérard Moisan
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Tony Mordente
Cook (uncredited)
Bill Nagy
Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)
Rainer Penkert
Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)
Malte Petzel
German Officer with Rupert (uncredited)
John Phillips
Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited)
Siân Phillips
WRNS Officer (uncredited)
Maurice Poli
Jean (uncredited)
Hartmut Reck
Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf (uncredited)
Trevor Reid
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery (uncredited)
Heinz Reincke
Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller (uncredited)
Alexandre Renaud
Firefighter (uncredited)
Paul Edwin Roth
Col. Schiller (uncredited)
Ernst Schröder
Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)
Dietmar Schönherr
Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)
Heinz Spitzner
Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited)
Nicholas Stuart
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited)
Hans Söhnker
German Officer (uncredited)
Alice Tissot
Housekeeper (uncredited)
Michel Tureau
French Commando (uncredited)
Roland Urban
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Vicco von Bülow
Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited)
Joe Warfield
US Army Medic (uncredited)
Dominique Zardi
French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)

Similar

Lion of the Desert

1981-04-17

Tonight We Raid Calais

1943-04-30

Cartouche

1962-03-07

I Shot Andy Warhol

1996-05-01

명량

2014-07-30

Alistair1918

2015-07-21

The Boys Are Back

2009-09-25

In Enemy Hands

2004-02-25

Unforgivable

1996-04-30

Hannibal Brooks

1969-01-18

Céline et Julie vont en bateau

1974-09-18

The Nun's Story

1959-06-18

Voor een verloren soldaat

1992-09-18

Lust och fägring stor

1995-03-08

The VelociPastor

2018-09-28

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

2019-05-02

The Trench

1999-09-17

In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco

1993-05-23

Ma vraie vie à Rouen

2003-02-26

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

2005-09-28

Recommendations

How the West Was Won

1962-11-02

MacArthur

1977-07-15

Paris Blues

1961-09-27

Despre oameni şi melci

2012-09-14

Destination Tokyo

1943-12-31

Babes in Toyland

1934-12-14

Sands of Iwo Jima

1950-01-01

The Bunker

1981-04-15

Les chiens

1979-03-07

The Sea Wolves

1980-07-03

Summoning Bloody Mary

2021-12-31

The Covered Wagon

1923-03-15

Las mil y una noches

1958-09-17

Phaedra

1962-05-25

Opération Lady Marlène

1974-09-01

De Marathon

2012-10-18

The Madness of King George

1994-12-28

Donovan's Reef

1963-06-12

La Loi de la jungle

2016-06-15

Peter Pan Goes Wrong

2016-12-31