The Longest Day

Release date: Sep 25, 1962

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"

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Top Cast

Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

Brig. Gen. Norman Cota

Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

Col. Thompson

U.S. Army Ranger

Madame Barrault

Father Louis Roulland

Pvt. Dutch Schultz

Maj. Werner Pluskat

Mayor of Colleville

Flying Officer David Campbell

Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel

Pvt. John Steele

Maid

Pvt. Flanagan

Capt. Frank

Janine Boitard

U.S. Army Ranger Major

U.S. Army Ranger

Maj. Gen. Robert Haines

Capt. Harding

Sgt. Kaffekanne

Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.

British Padre

Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt

Young GI

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

RAF Pilot

Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller

Gen. Wolfgang Häger

Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt

Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith

Lord Lovat

Louis

Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader

Sgt. Wilder

Pvt. Morris

Pvt. Watney

Pvt. Martini

Capt. Colin Maud

Gen. Erich Marcks

Gen. Raymond D. Barton

RAF Officer Mac

Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel

Joe Williams

Mother Superior

Sgt. Guy de Montlaur

Pvt. Clough

U.S. Army Ranger

U.S. Army Ranger

RAdm. Janjard

Destroyer Commander

Maj. John Howard

Lt. Wilson

Lt. Col. Ocker

U.S. Army Ranger

British Paratrooper

Lt. Sheen

Alexandre Renaud

Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)

Lt. Walsh (uncredited)

Col. Caffey (uncredited)

Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited)

Pvt. Harris (uncredited)

British Soldier (uncredited)

German Soldier (uncredited)

French Commando (uncredited)

Pvt. Coke (uncredited)

British Paratrooper (uncredited)

Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)

Meyer's Aide (uncredited)

French Commando (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

German Guard on Train Track (uncredited)

British Soldier (uncredited)

German Soldier (uncredited)

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)

RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)

Manfred Rommel (uncredited)

Adm. Creasey (uncredited)

Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited)

British Soldier (uncredited)

Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited)

Camp Cook (uncredited)

Glider Doctor (uncredited)

Canadian Doctor (uncredited)

RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)

Capt. Ernst During (uncredited)

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Cook (uncredited)

Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)

Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)

German Officer with Rupert (uncredited)

Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited)

WRNS Officer (uncredited)

Jean (uncredited)

Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf (uncredited)

Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery (uncredited)

Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller (uncredited)

Firefighter (uncredited)

Col. Schiller (uncredited)

Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)

Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)

Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited)

Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited)

German Officer (uncredited)

Housekeeper (uncredited)

French Commando (uncredited)

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited)

US Army Medic (uncredited)

French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)

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