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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"

This is the day that changed the world... When history held its breath.

Genres: Action, Drama, History, War

Starring: Eddie Albert, Paul Anka, Arletty

Released: September 25, 1962

Runtime: 178.0

Popularity Rating: 10.771

Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

United States of America

Col. Thompson Eddie Albert
U.S. Army Ranger Paul Anka
Madame Barrault Arletty
Father Louis Roulland Jean-Louis Barrault
Pvt. Dutch Schultz Richard Beymer
Maj. Werner Pluskat Hans Christian Blech
Le maire de Colleville Bourvil
Flight Officer David Campbell Richard Burton
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel Wolfgang Buttner
Pvt. John Steele Red Buttons
Pvt. Flanagan Sean Connery
Capt. Frank Ray Danton
Maid Pauline Carton
Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited) Armin Dahlen
Pvt. Harris (uncredited) Mark Damon
British Soldier (uncredited) Richard Dawson
Janine Boitard (as Irina Demich) Irina Demick
U.S. Army Ranger major Fred Dur
U.S. Army Ranger Fabian
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines Mel Ferrer
Pvt. Coke (uncredited) Frank Finlay
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt jr. Henry Fonda
Capt. Harding Steve Forrest
Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited) Bernard Fox
Meyer's Aide (uncredited) Robert Freitag
French Commando (uncredited) Bernard Fresson
Sgt. Kaffekanne Gert Frobe
Bit Part (uncredited) Lutz Gabor
German Guard on Traintreck (uncredited) Arnold Gelderman
Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr. Leo Genn
British Soldier (uncredited) Harold Goodwin
German soldier (uncredited) Walter Gotell
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited) Henry Grace
British Padre John Gregson
Clement Harari
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt Paul Hartmann
Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited) Ruth Hausmeister
RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited) Jack Hedley
Manfred Rommel (uncredited) Michael Hinz
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Werner Hinz
RAF Pilot Donald Houston
Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller Jeffrey Hunter
Gen. Wolfgang Hager Karl John
Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt Curd Jurgens
Capt. Helmuth Lang Til Kiwe
Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith Alexander Knox
Lord Lovat Peter Lawford
Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited) Wolfgang Lukschy
Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer (commando leader) Christian Marquand
Pvt. Morris Roddy McDowall
Pvt. Martini Sal Mineo
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota Robert Mitchum
Capt. Colin Maud Kenneth More
Gen. Erich Marcks Richard Munch
Gen. Raymond D. Barton Edmond O'Brien
RAF Officer Mac Leslie Phillips
Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel Wolfgang Preiss
Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller Heinz Reincke
Mother Superior Madeleine Renaud
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin Robert Ryan
Luftwaffe major Dietmar Schonherr
Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited) Ernst Schroder
U.S. Army Ranger George Segal
RAdm. Janjard Jean Servais
Deutscher Offizier (uncredited) Hans Sohnker
Destroyer Commander Rod Steiger
Maj. John Howard Richard Todd
Lt. Wilson Tom Tryon
Lt. Col. Ocker (as Peter Van Eyck) Peter van Eyck
Pemsel's adjutant (uncredited) Vicco von Bulow
U.S. Army Ranger Robert Wagner
Col. Benjamin Vandervoort John Wayne
Lt. Sheen Stuart Whitman

Art — Art Direction: Leon Barsacq
Art — Art Direction: Ted Haworth
Art — Art Direction: Vincent Korda
Art — Set Designer: Gabriel Bechir
Camera — Director of Photography: Jean Bourgoin
Camera — Director of Photography: Walter Wottitz
Crew — Special Effects: Johnny Borgese
Directing — Director: Andrew Marton
Directing — Director: Bernhard Wicki
Directing — Director: Ken Annakin
Editing — Editor: Samuel E. Beetley
Production — Associate Producer: Elmo Williams
Production — Casting: Maude Spector
Production — Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Sound — Original Music Composer: Maurice Jarre
Writing — Novel: Cornelius Ryan
Writing — Screenplay: Cornelius Ryan