The Longest Day
1962/09/25 (US) | 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"
Cornelius Ryan
Screenplay
Ken Annakin
Director
Bernhard Wicki
Director
Andrew Marton
Director
Lead Cast
John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Richard Burton
Flying Officer David Campbell
Sean Connery
Pvt. Flanagan
Leslie Phillips
RAF Officer Mac
Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Budget
$ 10,000,000
Revenue
$ 50,100,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
- 20th Century Fox
Crews
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
Jean Bourgoin
Director of Photography
Cornelius Ryan
Novel
Walter Wottitz
Director of Photography