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"
Movie tag line: "THE INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIMED HIT JUST AS IT WAS SHOWN IN THE MAJOR CAPITALS OF THE WORLD!"
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Character: Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Character: Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Character: Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Character: Flight Officer David Campbell
Character: Pvt. Flanagan
Character: RAF Officer Mac
Character: Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Character: U.S. Army Ranger
Character: Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Character: Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
Character: Capt. Frank
Character: Lord Lovat
Character: Col. Thompson
Character: Madame Barrault
Character: Father Louis Roulland
Character: Pvt. Dutch Schultz
Character: Maj. Werner Pluskat
Character: Mayor of Colleville
Character: Pvt. John Steele
Character: Maid
Character: Janine Boitard
Character: U.S. Army Ranger Major
Character: U.S. Army Ranger
Character: Capt. Harding
Character: Sgt. Kaffekanne
Character: Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.
Character: British Padre
Character: Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
Character: Young GI
Character: Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Character: RAF Pilot
Character: Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller
Character: Gen. Wolfgang Häger
Character: Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt
Character: Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Character: Louis
Character: Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader
Character: Sgt. Wilder
Character: Pvt. Morris
Character: Pvt. Watney
Character: Pvt. Martini
Character: Capt. Colin Maud
Character: Gen. Erich Marcks
Character: Gen. Raymond D. Barton
Character: Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
Character: Joe Williams
Character: Mother Superior
Character: Sgt. Guy de Montlaur
Character: Pvt. Clough
Character: U.S. Army Ranger
Character: U.S. Army Ranger
Character: RAdm. Janjard
Character: Destroyer Commander
Character: Maj. John Howard
Character: Lt. Wilson
Character: Lt. Col. Ocker
Character: U.S. Army Ranger
Character: British Paratrooper
Character: Lt. Sheen
Character: Alexandre Renaud
Character: Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)
Character: Lt. Walsh (uncredited)
Character: Col. Caffey (uncredited)
Character: Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited)
Character: Pvt. Harris (uncredited)
Character: British Soldier (uncredited)
Character: German Soldier (uncredited)
Character: French Commando (uncredited)
Character: Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
Character: British Paratrooper (uncredited)
Character: Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)
Character: Meyer's Aide (uncredited)
Character: French Commando (uncredited)
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Character: German Guard on Train Track (uncredited)
Character: British Soldier (uncredited)
Character: German Soldier (uncredited)
Character: Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited)
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Character: Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)
Character: RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
Character: Manfred Rommel (uncredited)
Character: Adm. Creasey (uncredited)
Character: Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited)
Character: British Soldier (uncredited)
Character: Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited)
Character: Camp Cook (uncredited)
Character: Glider Doctor (uncredited)
Character: Canadian Doctor (uncredited)
Character: RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
Character: Capt. Ernst During (uncredited)
Character: Paratrooper (uncredited)
Character: Cook (uncredited)
Character: Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)
Character: Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)
Character: German Officer with Rupert (uncredited)
Character: Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited)
Character: WRNS Officer (uncredited)
Character: Jean (uncredited)
Character: Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf (uncredited)
Character: Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery (uncredited)
Character: Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller (uncredited)
Character: Firefighter (uncredited)
Character: Col. Schiller (uncredited)
Character: Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)
Character: Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)
Character: Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited)
Character: Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited)
Character: German Officer (uncredited)
Character: Housekeeper (uncredited)
Character: French Commando (uncredited)
Character: Paratrooper (uncredited)
Character: Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited)
Character: US Army Medic (uncredited)
Character: French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)
Character: Man at Resistance HQ (uncredited)
Character: Officer at Eisenhower Briefing (uncredited)
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Character: U.S. Army Ranger (uncredited)
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)
Character: Dead Soldier (uncredited)
Character: French Resistance Fighter (uncredited)
Character: Paratrooper (uncredited)
Character: Ronald Callen (uncredited)
Character: Officer on Bridge Behind Destroyer Commander (uncredited)
Character: Zanuck (uncredited)
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Character: Paratrooper (uncredited)
Character: Lt. Richard Todd (uncredited)
Character: US Airman with Bandaged Eye (uncredited)
Character: Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory (uncredited)
Character: German Soldier (uncredited)
Character: Parachutist (uncredited)
Character: US Army Soldier Talking to Gen. Cota (uncredited)
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)
Character: German Commander (uncredited)
Character: Adm. Sir Bertram Ramsay (uncredited)
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Character: First Landed Paratrooper in Garden (uncredited)