The Longest Day (1962)
THE INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIMED HIT JUST AS IT WAS SHOWN IN THE MAJOR CAPITALS OF THE WORLD!
179 min
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"
- Release date
- September 25, 1962
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Box office
- $50,100,000
Trailer
Cast
- John Wayne as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
- Robert Ryan as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
- Richard Burton as Flight Officer David Campbell
- Henry Fonda as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
- 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
Crew
- Gerd Oswald · Director
- Cornelius Ryan · Writer
- Romain Gary · Writer
- James Jones · Writer
- David Pursall · Writer
- Darryl F. Zanuck · Producer
- Maurice Jarre · Composer
- Jean Bourgoin · Cinematographer
- Walter Wottitz · Cinematographer
- Samuel E. Beetley · Editor