The Longest Day

Name: The Longest Day
Director: Ken Annakin
Genre: War, Drama, History
Released: 1962-09-25
Duration: 178 min
Cast: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Sean Connery

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1962 · 178 min · PG · War · Drama · History · TMDB 7.6/10

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"

Directed by Ken Annakin

Cast

John Wayne — Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum — Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Henry Fonda — Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Richard Burton — Flight Officer David Campbell
Sean Connery — Pvt. Flanagan