War ·Action ·Drama · United States of America · 1962 · 2h 58m

The Longest Day

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Director
Ken AnnakinBernhard WickiAndrew Marton
Cast
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 Flying Officer David Campbell Sean Connery as Pvt. Flanagan Leslie Phillips as RAF Officer Mac
Crew
Jean Bourgoin — Director of Photography Walter Wottitz — Director of Photography Samuel E. Beetley — Editor Maurice Jarre — Original Music Composer Cornelius Ryan — Screenplay David Pursall — Writer
Tagline

THE INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIMED HIT JUST AS IT WAS SHOWN IN THE MAJOR CAPITALS OF THE WORLD!

Synopsis

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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Mood & Themes
steel helmetresistancealliesworld war iinormandy, francebased on true storyd-dayhistorical fictionblack and whitesoldierdramaticcommanding
Key Collaborators
Ken Annakin Director Bernhard Wicki Director Andrew Marton Director Jean Bourgoin Director of Photography Walter Wottitz Director of Photography Samuel E. Beetley Editor Maurice Jarre Original Music Composer Cornelius Ryan Screenplay David Pursall Writer Romain Gary Writer James Jones Writer Jack Seddon Writer
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