Film
The Longest Day (1962)
This is the day that changed the world... When history held its breath.
Action, Drama, War· Directed by Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Ken Annakin· 178 min
Overview
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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Connections
Top billing
- John Wayne as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
- Robert Mitchum as Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
- Henry Fonda as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
- Richard Burton as Flight Officer David Campbell
- Sean Connery as Pvt. Flanagan