The Longest Day
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"
20th Century FoxCrew
Cast
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
John WayneBrig. Gen. Norman Cota
Robert MitchumBrig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Henry FondaFlying Officer David Campbell
Richard BurtonPvt. Flanagan
Sean ConneryRAF Officer Mac
Leslie PhillipsBrig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Robert RyanU.S. Army Ranger
Paul AnkaMaj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Wolfgang BüttnerMaj. Gen. Robert Haines
Mel Ferrer
John WayneBrig. Gen. Norman Cota
Robert MitchumBrig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Henry FondaFlying Officer David Campbell
Richard BurtonPvt. Flanagan
Sean ConneryRAF Officer Mac
Leslie PhillipsBrig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Robert RyanU.S. Army Ranger
Paul AnkaMaj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Wolfgang BüttnerMaj. Gen. Robert Haines
Mel Ferrer
