The Longest Day

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 Wayne
John WayneLt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum
Robert MitchumBrig. Gen. Norman Cota
Henry Fonda
Henry FondaBrig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Richard Burton
Richard BurtonFlight Officer David Campbell
Sean Connery
Sean ConneryPvt. Flanagan
Leslie Phillips
Leslie PhillipsRAF Officer Mac
Robert Ryan
Robert RyanBrig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Paul Anka
Paul AnkaU.S. Army Ranger