The Longest Day

IMDb 7.6 1962 • 178 min • WarActionDrama

Director

Ken Annakin

Country

US

Plot Summary

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"

Top Cast

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