• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1962-09-25
  • Runtime178 minutes
  • TaglineNot Available
  • Revenue50,100,000$
  • GenreWar, Action, Drama
  • Production
    CompaniesDarryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox
  • Budget10,000,000$

Movie 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"

Casts

John Wayne

Robert Mitchum

Henry Fonda

Richard Burton

Sean Connery

Leslie Phillips

Robert Ryan

Paul Anka

Wolfgang Büttner

Mel Ferrer

Ray Danton

Peter Lawford

Eddie Albert

Arletty

Jean-Louis Barrault

Richard Beymer

Hans Christian Blech

Bourvil

Red Buttons

Pauline Carton

Irina Demick

Fabian

Steve Forrest

Gert Fröbe

Leo Genn

John Gregson

Paul Hartmann

Peter Helm

Werner Hinz

Donald Houston

Jeffrey Hunter

Karl John

Curd Jürgens

Alexander Knox

Fernand Ledoux

Christian Marquand

Dewey Martin

Roddy McDowall

Michael Medwin

Sal Mineo

Kenneth More

Richard Münch

Edmond O'Brien

Wolfgang Preiss

Ron Randell

Madeleine Renaud

Georges Rivière

Norman Rossington

Tommy Sands

George Segal