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The Longest Day

19622h 58mWar · Action · Drama
directed by Ken Annakindirected by Bernhard Wickidirected by Andrew Marton

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

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7.6 / 10
1,029 votes
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7.7 / 10
61,129 votes
Metacritic
75 / 100
Rotten Tomatoes
83%

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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"

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