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1962 | DIRECTED BY KEN ANNAKIN, ANDREW MARTON, GERD OSWALD, BERNHARD WICKI AND DARRYL F. ZANUCK

The Longest Day

Directed by

 
Ken Annakin
 
Andrew Marton
 
Gerd Oswald
 
Bernhard Wicki
 
Darryl F. Zanuck

Starring

Actors
Character
 
Eddie Albert
Col. Thompson
 
Paul Anka
U.S. Army Ranger
 
Arletty
Madame Barrault
 
Jean-Louis Barrault
Father Louis Roulland
 
Richard Beymer
Pvt. Dutch Schultz
 
Hans Christian Blech
Maj. Werner Pluskat
 
Bourvil
Mayor of Colleville
 
Richard Burton
Flying Officer David Campbell
 
Wolfgang Buttner
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
 
Red Buttons
Pvt. John Steele
 
Pauline Carton
Maid
Pvt. Flanagan
 
Ray Danton
Capt. Frank
 
Irina Demick
Janine Boitard
 
Fred Dur
U.S. Army Ranger Major
 
Fabian
U.S. Army Ranger
 
Mel Ferrer
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
 
Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Capt. Harding
 
Gert Frobe
Sgt. Kaffekanne
 
Leo Genn
Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.
 
John Gregson
British Padre
 
Paul Hartmann
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
 
Peter Helm
Young GI
 
Werner Hinz
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
 
Donald Houston
RAF Pilot
 
Jeffrey Hunter
Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller
 
Karl John
Gen. Wolfgang Hager
 
Curd Jurgens
Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt
 
Alexander Knox
Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
 
Peter Lawford
Lord Lovat
 
Fernand Ledoux
Louis
 
Christian Marquand
Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader
 
Dewey Martin
Sgt. Wilder
 
Roddy McDowall
Pvt. Morris
 
Michael Medwin
Pvt. Watney
 
Sal Mineo
Pvt. Martini
 
Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
 
Kenneth More
Capt. Colin Maud
 
Richard Munch
Gen. Erich Marcks
 
Edmond O'Brien
Gen. Raymond D. Barton
RAF Officer Mac
 
Wolfgang Preiss
Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
 
Ron Randell
Joe Williams
 
Madeleine Renaud
Mother Superior
 
Georges Riviere
Sgt. Guy de Montlaur
 
Norman Rossington
Pvt. Clough
 
Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
 
Tommy Sands
U.S. Army Ranger
 
George Segal
U.S. Army Ranger
 
Jean Servais
RAdm. Janjard
 
Rod Steiger
Destroyer Commander
 
Richard Todd
Maj. John Howard
 
Tom Tryon
Lt. Wilson
 
Peter van Eyck
Lt. Col. Ocker
 
Robert Wagner
U.S. Army Ranger
 
Richard Wattis
British Paratrooper
 
Stuart Whitman
Lt. Sheen
 
Georges Wilson
Alexandre Renaud
 
John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
 
Daniel Gelin
Undetermined Role (French Version)
 
Françoise Rosay
Undetermined Role (French Version)
 
Patrick Barr
Group Capt. J.N. Stagg
 
Yves Barsacq
Man at Resistance HQ
 
Geoffrey Bayldon
Officer at Eisenhower Briefing
 
Michael Beint
Minor Role
 
Charles Bondi
U.S. Army Ranger
 
Lyndon Brook
Lt. Walsh
 
Lucien Camiret
Bit Part
 
Jean Champion
French Resistance Fighter
 
Yvan Chiffre
Paratrooper
 
Bryan Coleman
Ronald Callen
 
Gary Collins
Officer On Bridge Behind Destroyer Commander
 
John Crawford
Col. Caffey
 
Jo DAvra
French Navy Captain
 
Armin Dahlen
Blumentritt's Adjutant
 
Mark Damon
Pvt. Harris
 
Richard Dawson
British Soldier
 
Leslie de Laspee
Bill Millin - Piper on Beach
 
Eugene Deckers
German Soldier
 
Gil Delamare
French Commando
 
Colin Drake
Zanuck
 
Michel Duchaussoy
Minor Role
 
Frank Finlay
Pvt. Coke
 
Harry Fowler
British Paratrooper
 
Bernard Fox
Pvt. Hutchinson
 
Robert Freitag
Meyer's Aide
 
Bernard Fresson
French Commando
 
Lutz Gabor
Minor Role
 
Arnold Gelderman
German Guard on Train Track
 
Harold Goodwin
British Soldier
 
Walter Gotell
German Soldier
 
Henry Grace
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
 
Clement Harari
Minor Role
 
Ruth Hausmeister
Frau Maria Rommel
 
Jack Hedley
RAF Briefing Officer
 
Michael Hinz
Manfred Rommel
 
Walter Horsbrugh
Adm. Creasey
Paratrooper
 
Patrick Jordan
British Soldier Talking to Maj. Howard
 
Til Kiwe
Capt. Helmuth Lang
 
Mickey Knox
US Airman with Bandaged Eye
 
Simon Lack
Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
 
Harry Landis
British Soldier
 
Rudy Lenoir
German Soldier
 
Joseph Lowe
US Army Ranger Sparrow
 
Wolfgang Lukschy
Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl
 
Victor Maddern
Camp Cook
 
Howard Marion-Crawford
Glider Doctor
 
Neil McCallum
Canadian Doctor
 
Edward Meeks
US Army Soldier Talking to Gen. Cota
 
John Meillon
RAdm. Alan G. Kirk
 
Kurt Meisel
Capt. Ernst During
 
Gerard Moisan
Paratrooper
 
Tony Mordente
Cook
 
Louis Mounier
Air Marshal Tedder
 
Al Mulock
Undetermined Role
 
Bill Nagy
Major in Ste. Mere-Eglise
 
Kurt Pecher
German Commander
 
Rainer Penkert
Lt. Fritz Theen
 
Malte Petzel
German Officer with Rupert
 
John Phillips
Roosevelt's Aide
 
Sian Phillips
WRNS Officer
 
Maurice Poli
Jean
 
Hartmut Reck
Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf
 
Trevor Reid
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
 
Heinz Reincke
Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller
 
Alexandre Renaud
Firefighter
 
John Robinson
Adm. Sir Bertram Ramsay
 
Paul Edwin Roth
Col. Schiller
 
Marcel Rouze
Minor Role
 
Ernst Schroder
Gen. Hans von Salmuth
 
Dietmar Schonherr
Luftwaffe Major
 
Heinz Spitzner
Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer
 
Nicholas Stuart
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley
 
Hans Sohnker
German Officer
 
Alice Tissot
Housekeeper
 
Serge Tolstoy
German Officer
 
Michel Tureau
French Commando
 
Roland Urban
Paratrooper
 
Lionel Vitrant
First Landed Paratrooper in a Garden
 
Vicco von Bulow
Pemsel's Adjutant
 
Joe Warfield
US Army Medic
 
Dominique Zardi
French Spitfire Pilot