The Longest Day (1962) Eddie Albert Colonel Newton Paul Anka (II) Ranger Arletty (II) Madame Barrault Jean-Louis Barrault Roulland Richard Beymer Schultz Hans Christian Blech Major Pluskat Bourvil Mayor Richard Burton RAF Pilot Red Buttons Private Steele Sean Connery Private Flanagan John Crawford (VI) Colonel Caffey Mark Damon Private Harris Ray Danton Captain Frank Irina Demich Janine Fabian (II) Ranger Mel Ferrer General Haines Henry Fonda General Roosevelt Gerd Frobe Sergeant Kaffeeklatsch Leo Genn General Parker Henry Grace General Eisenhower John Gregson Padre Paul Hartmann Marshall Rundstedt Jack Hedley Briefing Man Werner Hinz (II) Marshall Rommel Jeffrey Hunter Sergeant Hunter Curt Jurgens General Blumentritt Alexander Knox General Bedell Smith Peter Lawford Lord Lovat Roddy McDowall Private Morris Christian Marquand Kieffer Dewey Martin Private Wilder John Meillon Rear Admiral Kirk Karl Meisel CAO During Sal Mineo Private Martini Robert Mitchum General Cota Kenneth More Captain Maude Richard Munch General Marcks Edmond O Brien General Barton Wolfgang Presis General Pemsel Ron Randell Williams Heinz Reincke Colonel Priller Madeleine Renaud (II) Mother Superior Georges Riviere Sergeant Montlaur Robert Ryan General Gavin Tommy Sands Ranger ERnst Schroeder General Salmuth Jean Servais Admiral Jaujard Rod Steiger Commander Nicholas Stuart General Bradley Richard Todd Major Howard Tom Tryon Lieutenant Wilson Peter Van Eyck Lieutenant Colonel Ocker Robert Wagner US Ranger John Wayne Colonel Vandervoort Stuart Whitman Lieutenant Sheen Georges Wilson Renaud Directed by: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki Produced by: Darryl F. Zanuck, Elmo Williams The story of the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II. Following dozens of characters who together re-create the historical events of five separate invasion points that made up the operation. ========== Tells the story of the D-Day invasion of Normandy in WWII. There are dozens of characters, some seen only briefly, who together weave the story of five separate invasion points that made up the operation. ========== England in June 1944. Unseasonal storms. Allied troops are massed ready for the invasion of France, some already on the boats. The Normandy beaches will be their destination while paratroopers are dropped inland to take key towns and bridges. On the other side of the Channel the Germans still expect the invasion at Calais, and anyway the weather makes them think nothing is likely to be imminent. Eisenhower decides to go. Hitler sleeps on. ========== The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, the US, Britain, 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. The longest day."