The Longest Day
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"
Cast & Crew
JWJohn Wayne
as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
RMRobert Mitchum
as Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
HFHenry Fonda
as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
RBRichard Burton
as Flying Officer David Campbell
SCSean Connery
as Pvt. Flanagan
LPLeslie Phillips
as RAF Officer Mac
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Basic Information
Status
Released
Release Date
9/25/1962
Runtime
2 hours, 58 minutes
Original Language
EN
Financial
Budget
$10,000,000Revenue
$50,100,000Profit/Loss
+$40,100,000ROI: 401.0%
Genres
War
Action
Drama
Production Countries
United States of America (US)
Spoken Languages
German (de)
French (fr)
English (en)
Production Companies
D
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions