The Longest Day (1962)

War
Action
Drama

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

Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt jr.
Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Maj. Werner Pluskat
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery (uncredited)
Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller (uncredited)
Col. Schiller (uncredited)
Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)
Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)
Deutscher Offizier (uncredited)
Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited)
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited)
Housekeeper (uncredited)
French Commando (uncredited)
Flying Officer David Campbell
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Pemsel's adjutant (uncredited)
US Army Medic (uncredited)
French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)
Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited)
Firefighter (uncredited)
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Pvt. John Steele
Sgt. Kaffekanne
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
U.S. Army Ranger
Alexandre Renaud
Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Pvt. Flanagan
Mother Superior
Pvt. Morris
Lord Lovat
Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer (commando leader)
Destroyer Commander
Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.
Capt. Frank
Janine Boitard
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
U.S. Army Ranger major
U.S. Army Ranger
Capt. Harding
British Padre
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
Young GI
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Pvt. Martini
Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller
Madame Barrault
Gen. Wolfgang Hager
Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Sgt. Wilder
Pvt. Watney
Capt. Colin Maud
RAdm. Janjard
Gen. Erich Marcks
Gen. Raymond D. Barton
RAF Officer Mac
Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
Father Louis Roulland
Joe Williams
Sgt. Guy de Montlaur
U.S. Army Ranger
U.S. Army Ranger
Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)
Maj. John Howard
Lt. Wilson
Lt. Col. Ocker
British Paratrooper
Le maire de Colleville
Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)
Col. Caffey (uncredited)
Lt. Walsh (uncredited)
Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited)
Pvt. Harris (uncredited)
British Soldier (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
French Commando (uncredited)
Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
Col. Thompson
British Paratrooper (uncredited)
Meyer's Aide (uncredited)
French Commando (uncredited)
Bit Part (uncredited)
German Guard on Traintreck (uncredited)
British Soldier (uncredited)
German soldier (uncredited)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)
U.S. Army Ranger
RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
Manfred Rommel (uncredited)
Adm. Creasey (uncredited)
Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited)
British Soldier (uncredited)
Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited)
Camp Cook (uncredited)
Glider Doctor (uncredited)
Canadian Doctor (uncredited)
RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
Pvt. Dutch Schultz
Capt. Ernst During (uncredited)
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Cook (uncredited)
Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)
Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)
German Officer with Rupert (uncredited)
Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited)
WRNS Officer (uncredited)
Jean (uncredited)
Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf (uncredited)

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