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The Longest Day

1962 · 2h 58m · PG

John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Leslie Phillips

War, Action, Drama

The Longest Day

1962 · War

★ 7.6 2h 58m PG

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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"

Genre

War, Action, Drama

Cast

John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Leslie Phillips

Director

Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki

Produced By

Cornelius Ryan, Romain Gary, James Jones

Details

Rating: 7.6/10 · Votes: 1K · Runtime: 2h 58m

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Cast & Crew

John Wayne

Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

Robert Mitchum

Brig. Gen. Norman Cota

as Brig. Gen. Norman Cota

Henry Fonda

Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Richard Burton

Flight Officer David Campbell

as Flight Officer David Campbell

Sean Connery

Pvt. Flanagan

as Pvt. Flanagan

Leslie Phillips

RAF Officer Mac

as RAF Officer Mac

Ken Annakin

Director

Director

CR

Cornelius Ryan

Screenplay

Screenplay