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The Longest Day

1962 • 2h58m War, Action, Drama

Rating

7.6/10

Popularity

8

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"

Details

Director

Ken Annakin

Bernhard Wicki

Andrew Marton

Screenplay

Cornelius Ryan

David Pursall

Romain Gary

Cast

John Wayne

Robert Mitchum

Henry Fonda

Release date

9/25/1962

Status

Released

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$50,100,000

Origin country

US

Vote count

998