The Longest Day
2Wins5NomsDirected by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
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"
Awards
35th Academy Awards· 1963
Details
- Released
- 25 September 1962
- Runtime
- 2h 58m
- Director
- Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
- Writers
- Cornelius Ryan, Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall, Jack Seddon
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Box office
- $50,100,000
- Countries
- United States of America
- Languages
- English, German, French
- Production
- Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox
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Cast
John Wayne
Robert Mitchum
Henry Fonda
Richard Burton
Sean Connery
Leslie Phillips
Robert Ryan
Paul Anka
Wolfgang Büttner
Mel Ferrer