The movie The Longest Day (Original title The Longest Day) has in the main roles on Robert Ryan (Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin), Eddie Albert (Col. Thompson), Paul Anka (U.S. Army Ranger), Arletty (Madame Barrault), Richard Beymer (Pvt. Dutch Schultz), Hans Christian Blech (Maj. Werner Pluskat), Bourvil (Mayor of Colleville), Richard Burton (Flying Officer David Campbell), Red Buttons (Pvt. John Steele), Pauline Carton (Maid), Sean Connery (Pvt. Flanagan), Ray Danton (Capt. Frank), Irina Demick (Janine Boitard), Mel Ferrer (Maj. Gen. Robert Haines), Steve Forrest (Capt. Harding), Gert Fröbe (Sgt. Kaffekanne), Leo Genn (Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.), John Gregson (British Padre), Paul Hartmann (Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt), Jeffrey Hunter (Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller), Karl John (Gen. Wolfgang Häger), Alexander Knox (Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith), Peter Lawford (Lord Lovat), Fernand Ledoux (Louis), Roddy McDowall (Pvt. Morris), Michael Medwin (Pvt. Watney), Sal Mineo (Pvt. Martini), Kenneth More (Capt. Colin Maud), Richard Münch (Gen. Erich Marcks), Edmond O'Brien (Gen. Raymond D. Barton), Leslie Phillips (RAF Officer Mac), Georges Rivière (Sgt. Guy de Montlaur), Norman Rossington (Pvt. Clough), George Segal (U.S. Army Ranger), Jean Servais (RAdm. Janjard), Rod Steiger (Destroyer Commander), Richard Todd (Maj. John Howard), Tom Tryon (Lt. Wilson), Peter van Eyck (Lt. Col. Ocker), Robert Wagner (U.S. Army Ranger), Richard Wattis (British Paratrooper), Stuart Whitman (Lt. Sheen) The release date of the movie is 25.09.1962. This movie it is produced by Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox . Filmed in the following locations: Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Manche, France . Production countries: United States of America Movie Genre: Movies War, Movies Action, Movies 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"