The Longest Day

The Longest Day

3.8

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

Henry Fonda

Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

John Wayne

Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

Robert Mitchum

Brig. Gen. Norman Cota

Robert Ryan

Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

Eddie Albert

Paul Anka

U.S. Army Ranger

Arletty

Madame Barrault

Jean-Louis Barrault

Jean-Louis Barrault

Father Louis Roulland

Richard Beymer

Pvt. Dutch Schultz

Hans Christian Blech

Hans Christian Blech

Maj. Werner Pluskat

Bourvil

Mayor of Colleville

Richard Burton

Flying Officer David Campbell

Wolfgang Büttner

Wolfgang Büttner

Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel

Red Buttons

Pvt. John Steele

Pauline Carton

Sean Connery

Ray Danton

Irina Demick

Janine Boitard, a resistance

U.S. Army Ranger Major

Fabian

U.S. Army Ranger

Mel Ferrer

Maj. Gen. Robert Haines

Steve Forrest

Gert Fröbe

Sgt. Kaffekanne

Leo Genn

Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.

John Gregson

Paul Hartmann

Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt

Peter Helm

Werner Hinz

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Donald Houston

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

Peter Lawford

Fernand Ledoux

Christian Marquand

Christian Marquand

Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader

Dewey Martin

Roddy McDowall

Michael Medwin

Sal Mineo

Kenneth More

Capt. Colin Maud

Richard Münch

Gen. Erich Marcks

Edmond O'Brien

Gen. Raymond D. Barton

Leslie Phillips

Leslie Phillips

RAF Officer Mac

Wolfgang Preiss

Wolfgang Preiss

Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel

Ron Randell

Madeleine Renaud

Madeleine Renaud

Mother Superior

Georges Rivière

Georges Rivière

Sgt. Guy de Montlaur

Norman Rossington

Norman Rossington

Tommy Sands

U.S. Army Ranger

George Segal

U.S. Army Ranger

Jean Servais

Rod Steiger

Destroyer Commander

Richard Todd

Maj. John Howard

Tom Tryon

Peter van Eyck

Robert Wagner

U.S. Army Ranger

Richard Wattis

British Paratrooper

Stuart Whitman

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

Bernard Fresson

French Commando (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Arnold Gelderman

German Guard on Train Track (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

British Soldier (uncredited)

Walter Gotell

German Soldier (uncredited)

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited)

Clément Harari

Clément Harari

Minor Role (uncredited)

Ruth Hausmeister

Ruth Hausmeister

Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)

Jack Hedley

RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)

Manfred Rommel (uncredited)

Walter Horsbrugh

Adm. Creasey (uncredited)

Til Kiwe

Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited)

Harry Landis

British Soldier (uncredited)

Wolfgang Lukschy

Wolfgang Lukschy

Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited)

Victor Maddern

Camp Cook (uncredited)

Howard Marion-Crawford

Howard Marion-Crawford

Glider Doctor (uncredited)

Neil McCallum

Canadian Doctor (uncredited)

John Meillon

RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)

Kurt Meisel

Capt. Ernst During (uncredited)

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Cook (uncredited)

Bill Nagy

Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)

Rainer Penkert

Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)

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

Paul Edwin Roth

Col. Schiller (uncredited)

Ernst Schröder

Ernst Schröder

Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)

Dietmar Schönherr

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)

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Vicco von Bülow

Vicco von Bülow

Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited)

US Army Medic (uncredited)

Dominique Zardi

Dominique Zardi

French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)