The Longest Day

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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Cast

John Wayne

Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

Robert Mitchum

Brig. Gen. Norman Cota

Henry Fonda

Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Richard Burton

Flight Officer David Campbell

Sean Connery

Pvt. Flanagan

Leslie Phillips

RAF Officer Mac

Robert Ryan

Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

Paul Anka

U.S. Army Ranger

Wolfgang Büttner

Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel

Mel Ferrer

Maj. Gen. Robert Haines

Ray Danton

Capt. Frank

Peter Lawford

Lord Lovat

Eddie Albert

Col. Thompson

Arletty

Madame Barrault

Jean-Louis Barrault

Father Louis Roulland

Richard Beymer

Pvt. Dutch Schultz

Hans Christian Blech

Maj. Werner Pluskat

Bourvil

Mayor of Colleville

Red Buttons

Pvt. John Steele

Pauline Carton

Maid

Crew

Art

• Ted Haworth Art Direction
• Vincent Korda Art Direction
• Léon Barsacq Art Direction
• Gabriel Béchir Set Designer
• Mentor Huebner Production Illustrator
• Sam Gordon Property Master

Camera

• Jean Bourgoin Director of Photography
• Walter Wottitz Director of Photography
• Vincent Rossell Still Photographer
• Guy Tabary Aerial Camera
• Pierre Levent Additional Photography
• Henri Persin Additional Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• John McCorry Wardrobe Coordinator

Crew

• Jack Cooper Stunts
• Yvan Chiffre Stunts
• Karl Helmer Special Effects
• Karl Baumgartner Special Effects
• Lionel Vitrant Stunts
• R.A. MacDonald Special Effects
• Ian Yule Stunts
• Alexandre Renaud Stunts
• John Sullivan Stunts
• Joe Powell Stunts
• Nosher Powell Stunts
• Joseph de Bretagne Special Effects

Directing

• Ken Annakin Director
• Bernhard Wicki Director
• Andrew Marton Director
• Henry Sokal Jr. Assistant Director
• Gerd Oswald Second Unit Director
• Henry Wise Second Assistant Director
• Jean Herman Assistant Director
• Elmo Williams Second Unit Director
• Romain Gary Script Supervisor
• Lucie Lichtig Continuity
• Tom Pevsner Assistant Director
• Louis Pitzele Assistant Director

Editing

• Samuel E. Beetley Editor

Production

• Darryl F. Zanuck Producer
• Maude Spector Casting
• Elmo Williams Associate Producer
• Julien Derode Production Manager
• Christian Ferry Production Manager
• Lee Katz Production Manager
• Louis Wipf Production Manager
• Lillian Michelson Researcher

Sound

• Maurice Jarre Original Music Composer
• Joseph de Bretagne Sound
• Mitch Miller Music Arranger
• Jacques Maumont Sound
• William Robert Sivel Sound
• Maurice Jarre Conductor

Visual Effects

• Wally Veevers Visual Effects
• Bob Cuff Matte Painter
• David S. Horsley Additional Visual Effects
• Jean Fouchet Visual Effects

Writing

• Cornelius Ryan Screenplay
• Cornelius Ryan Novel
• Jack Seddon Script Consultant
• Erich Maria Remarque Script Consultant
• David Pursall Script Consultant
• David Pursall Writer
• Romain Gary Writer
• James Jones Writer
• Jack Seddon Writer
• Romain Gary Script Consultant
• James Jones Script Consultant

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