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"
Action, Drama, History, War
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
Eddie Albert as Col. Thompson, Paul Anka as U.S. Army Ranger, Arletty as Madame Barrault, Jean-Louis Barrault as Father Louis Roulland, Richard Beymer as Pvt. Dutch Schultz, Hans Christian Blech as Maj. Werner Pluskat, Bourvil as Le maire de Colleville, Richard Burton as Flight Officer David Campbell, Wolfgang Büttner as Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel, Red Buttons as Pvt. John Steele, Sean Connery as Pvt. Flanagan, Ray Danton as Capt. Frank, Pauline Carton as Maid, Armin Dahlen as Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited), Mark Damon as Pvt. Harris (uncredited), Richard Dawson as British Soldier (uncredited), Irina Demick as Janine Boitard (as Irina Demich), Fred Dur as U.S. Army Ranger major, Fabian as U.S. Army Ranger, Mel Ferrer as Maj. Gen. Robert Haines, Frank Finlay as Pvt. Coke (uncredited), Henry Fonda as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt jr., Steve Forrest as Capt. Harding, Bernard Fox as Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited), Robert Freitag as Meyer's Aide (uncredited), Bernard Fresson as French Commando (uncredited), Gert Fröbe as Sgt. Kaffekanne, Lutz Gabor as Bit Part (uncredited), Arnold Gelderman as German Guard on Traintreck (uncredited), Leo Genn as Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr., Harold Goodwin as British Soldier (uncredited), Walter Gotell as German soldier (uncredited), Henry Grace as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited), John Gregson as British Padre, Clément Harari as , Paul Hartmann as Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, Ruth Hausmeister as Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited), Jack Hedley as RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited), Michael Hinz as Manfred Rommel (uncredited), Werner Hinz as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, Donald Houston as RAF Pilot, Jeffrey Hunter as Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller, Karl John as Gen. Wolfgang Hager, Curd Jürgens as Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt, Til Kiwe as Capt. Helmuth Lang, Alexander Knox as Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, Peter Lawford as Lord Lovat, Wolfgang Lukschy as Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited), Christian Marquand as Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer (commando leader), Roddy McDowall as Pvt. Morris, Sal Mineo as Pvt. Martini, Robert Mitchum as Brig. Gen. Norman Cota, Kenneth More as Capt. Colin Maud, Richard Münch as Gen. Erich Marcks, Edmond O'Brien as Gen. Raymond D. Barton, Leslie Phillips as RAF Officer Mac, Wolfgang Preiss as Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel, Heinz Reincke as Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller, Madeleine Renaud as Mother Superior, Robert Ryan as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin, Dietmar Schönherr as Luftwaffe major, Ernst Schröder as Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited), George Segal as U.S. Army Ranger, Jean Servais as RAdm. Janjard, Hans Söhnker as Deutscher Offizier (uncredited), Rod Steiger as Destroyer Commander, Richard Todd as Maj. John Howard, Tom Tryon as Lt. Wilson, Peter van Eyck as Lt. Col. Ocker (as Peter Van Eyck), Vicco von Bülow  as Pemsel's adjutant (uncredited), Robert Wagner as U.S. Army Ranger, John Wayne as Col. Benjamin Vandervoort, Stuart Whitman as Lt. Sheen