The Longest Day

Storyline

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"

Principal Cast

John Wayne

Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

Robert Mitchum

Brig. Gen. Norman Cota

Henry Fonda

Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Richard Burton

Flight Officer David Campbell

Sean Connery

Pvt. Flanagan

Leslie Phillips

RAF Officer Mac

Robert Ryan

Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

Paul Anka

U.S. Army Ranger

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