The Longest Day
76.08%|Sep 25, 1962|War, Action, Drama
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
