The Longest Day (1962)
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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Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Mayor of Colleville
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery (uncredited)
Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller (uncredited)
Firefighter (uncredited)
Col. Schiller (uncredited)
Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)
Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)
Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited)
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited)
German Officer (uncredited)
Housekeeper (uncredited)
Flying Officer David Campbell
French Commando (uncredited)
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited)
US Army Medic (uncredited)
French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Pvt. John Steele
Maid
Pvt. Flanagan
Capt. Frank
Janine Boitard
U.S. Army Ranger Major
U.S. Army Ranger
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
Capt. Harding
Sgt. Kaffekanne
Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.
British Padre
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
Young GI
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
RAF Pilot
Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Gen. Wolfgang Häger
Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt
Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Lord Lovat
Louis
Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader
Sgt. Wilder
Pvt. Morris
Pvt. Watney
Pvt. Martini
Col. Thompson
Capt. Colin Maud
Gen. Erich Marcks
Gen. Raymond D. Barton
RAF Officer Mac
Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
Joe Williams
Mother Superior
Sgt. Guy de Montlaur
Pvt. Clough
U.S. Army Ranger
U.S. Army Ranger
U.S. Army Ranger
RAdm. Janjard
Destroyer Commander
Maj. John Howard
Lt. Wilson
Lt. Col. Ocker
U.S. Army Ranger
British Paratrooper
Lt. Sheen
Alexandre Renaud
Madame Barrault
Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)
Lt. Walsh (uncredited)
Col. Caffey (uncredited)
Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited)
Pvt. Harris (uncredited)
British Soldier (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
French Commando (uncredited)
Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
British Paratrooper (uncredited)
Father Louis Roulland
Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)
Meyer's Aide (uncredited)
French Commando (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
German Guard on Train Track (uncredited)
British Soldier (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)
Pvt. Dutch Schultz
RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
Manfred Rommel (uncredited)
Adm. Creasey (uncredited)
Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited)
British Soldier (uncredited)
Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited)
Camp Cook (uncredited)
Glider Doctor (uncredited)
Canadian Doctor (uncredited)
RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
Maj. Werner Pluskat
Capt. Ernst During (uncredited)
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Cook (uncredited)
Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)
Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)
German Officer with Rupert (uncredited)
Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited)
WRNS Officer (uncredited)
Jean (uncredited)
Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf (uncredited)
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