The Longest Day (1962)
The Longest Day (1962)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt jr.
John Wayne
Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Arletty
Madame Barrault
Jean-Louis Barrault
Father Louis Roulland
Bourvil
Le maire de Colleville
Eddie Albert
Col. Thompson
Paul Anka
U.S. Army Ranger / Additional Music
Richard Beymer
Pvt. Dutch Schultz
Hans Christian Blech
Maj. Werner Pluskat
Richard Burton
Flying Officer David Campbell
Wolfgang Büttner
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Red Buttons
Pvt. John Steele
Pauline Carton
Maid
Gert Fröbe
Sgt. Kaffekanne
Mel Ferrer
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
Robert Wagner
U.S. Army Ranger
Georges Wilson
Alexandre Renaud
Curd Jürgens
Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt
Sean Connery
Pvt. Flanagan
Fernand Ledoux
Louis
Madeleine Renaud
Mother Superior
Roddy McDowall
Pvt. Morris
Peter Lawford
Lord Lovat
Christian Marquand
Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer (commando leader)
Rod Steiger
Destroyer Commander
Leo Genn
Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.
Ray Danton
Capt. Frank
Irina Demick
Janine Boitard
Fred Dur
U.S. Army Ranger major
Fabian
U.S. Army Ranger
Steve Forrest
Capt. Harding
John Gregson
British Padre
Paul Hartmann
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
Peter Helm
Young GI
Werner Hinz
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Sal Mineo
Pvt. Martini
Donald Houston
RAF Pilot
Jeffrey Hunter
Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller
Karl John
Gen. Wolfgang Hager
Alexander Knox
Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Dewey Martin
Sgt. Wilder
Michael Medwin
Pvt. Watney
Kenneth More
Capt. Colin Maud
Jean Servais
RAdm. Janjard
Richard Münch
Gen. Erich Marcks
Edmond O'Brien
Gen. Raymond D. Barton
Leslie Phillips
RAF Officer Mac
Wolfgang Preiss
Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
Ron Randell
Joe Williams
Georges Rivière
Sgt. Guy de Montlaur
Norman Rossington
Pvt. Clough
Tommy Sands
U.S. Army Ranger
George Segal
U.S. Army Ranger
Bernard Fox
Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)
Richard Todd
Maj. John Howard
Tom Tryon
Lt. Wilson
Peter van Eyck
Lt. Col. Ocker
Richard Wattis
British Paratrooper
Stuart Whitman
Lt. Sheen
Patrick Barr
Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)
John Crawford
Col. Caffey (uncredited)
Lyndon Brook
Lt. Walsh (uncredited)
Armin Dahlen
Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited)
Mark Damon
Pvt. Harris (uncredited)
Richard Dawson
British Soldier (uncredited)
Eugene Deckers
German Soldier (uncredited)
Gil Delamare
French Commando (uncredited) / Stunts
Frank Finlay
Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
Harry Fowler
British Paratrooper (uncredited)
Robert Freitag
Meyer's Aide (uncredited)
Bernard Fresson
French Commando (uncredited)
Lutz Gabor
Bit Part (uncredited)
Arnold Gelderman
German Guard on Traintreck (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
British Soldier (uncredited)
Walter Gotell
German soldier (uncredited)
Henry Grace
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited)
Clément Harari
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ruth Hausmeister
Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)
Jack Hedley
RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
Michael Hinz
Manfred Rommel (uncredited)
Walter Horsbrugh
Adm. Creasey (uncredited)
Til Kiwe
Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited)
Harry Landis
British Soldier (uncredited)
Wolfgang Lukschy
Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited)
Victor Maddern
Camp Cook (uncredited)
Howard Marion-Crawford
Glider Doctor (uncredited)
Neil McCallum
Canadian Doctor (uncredited)
John Meillon
RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
Kurt Meisel
Capt. Ernst During (uncredited)
Gérard Moisan
Paratrooper (uncredited) / Stunts
Tony Mordente
Cook (uncredited)
Bill Nagy
Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)
Rainer Penkert
Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)
Malte Petzel
German Officer with Rupert (uncredited)
John Phillips
Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited)
Siân Phillips
WRNS Officer (uncredited)
Maurice Poli
Jean (uncredited)
Hartmut Reck
Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf (uncredited)
Trevor Reid
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery (uncredited)
Heinz Reincke
Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller (uncredited)
Paul Edwin Roth
Col. Schiller (uncredited)
Dietmar Schönherr
Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)
Ernst Schröder
Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)
Hans Söhnker
Deutscher Offizier (uncredited)
Heinz Spitzner
Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited)
Nicholas Stuart
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited)
Alice Tissot
Housekeeper (uncredited)
Michel Tureau
French Commando (uncredited)
Roland Urban
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Joe Warfield
US Army Medic (uncredited)
Dominique Zardi
French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)
Vicco von Bülow
Pemsel's adjutant (uncredited) / Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited)
Alexandre Renaud
Firefighter (uncredited) / Stunts
Cornelius Ryan
Screenplay / Novel
Clint Eastwood
British Soldier
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer / Director
Jean Bourgoin
Director of Photography
Andrew Marton
Director
Bernhard Wicki
Director
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
Walter Wottitz
Director of Photography
Ken Annakin
Director
Samuel E. Beetley
Editor
Maude Spector
Casting
Léon Barsacq
Art Direction
Johnny Borgese
Special Effects
Vincent Korda
Art Direction
Elmo Williams
Associate Producer / Second Unit Director
Ted Haworth
Art Direction
Gabriel Béchir
Set Designer
Jack Seddon
Writer
David Pursall
Writer
James Jones
Writer
Romain Gary
Writer
Joseph de Bretagne
Sound / Special Effects
Lucie Maria Rommel
Technical Advisor
Roger Bligh
Technical Advisor
William Robert Sivel
Sound
Fernand Prevost
Technical Advisor
E. C. Peake
Technical Advisor
Max Pemsel
Technical Advisor
Günther Blumentritt
Technical Advisor
The Earl of Lovat
Technical Advisor
Joseph B. Seay
Technical Advisor
John Howard
Technical Advisor
A. J. Hillebrand
Technical Advisor
Albert Saby
Technical Advisor
Tom Pevsner
Assistant Director
Frederick Morgan
Technical Advisor
Mitch Miller
Music Arranger
James Gavin
Technical Advisor
Philippe Kieffer
Technical Advisor
Josef Priller
Technical Advisor
Friedrich Ruge
Technical Advisor
Bernard Farrel
Assistant Director
Pierre Koenig
Technical Advisor
James R. Johnson
Technical Advisor
Gérard Renateau
Assistant Director
Willard L. Bushy
Technical Advisor
Helmuth Lang
Technical Advisor
Hubert Deschard
Technical Advisor
Werner Pluskat
Technical Advisor
Jean Barral
Technical Advisor
Louis Pitzele
Assistant Director
Jacques Maumont
Sound
Jean Fouchet
Special Effects
Gerd Oswald
Director / Second Unit Director
Henry Wise
Second Assistant Director
Jean Herman
Assistant Director
Henry Sokal Jr.
Assistant Director
Karl Baumgartner
Special Effects
Gerald Endler
Special Effects
Karl Helmer
Special Effects
Augie Lohman
Special Effects
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 25, 1962
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 58m
Content RatingPG
Budget$10,000,000
Box Office$50,100,000
Filming LocationsEcquevilly · Studios de Boulogne, France
Genres
Wiki.
The Longest Day is a 1962 American epic war film based on Cornelius Ryan's 1959 non-fiction book of the same name about the D-Day landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox, and is directed by Ken Annakin (British and French exteriors), Andrew Marton (American exteriors), and Bernhard Wicki (German scenes). The screenplay was written by Ryan, with additional material written by Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall and Jack Seddon.
The film features a large international ensemble cast that includes John Wayne, Kenneth More, Richard Todd, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton, Steve Forrest, Sean Connery, Henry Fonda, Red Buttons, Peter Lawford, Eddie Albert, Jeffrey Hunter, Stuart Whitman, Tom Tryon, Rod Steiger, Leo Genn, Gert Fröbe, Irina Demick, Bourvil, Curd Jürgens, George Segal, Robert Wagner, Paul Anka and Arletty. Many of these actors played roles that were essentially cameo appearances. Several cast members had seen action as servicemen during the war, including Albert, Fonda, Genn, More, Steiger and Todd, the latter having been among the first British officers to land in Normandy in Operation Overlord and participate in the assault on Pegasus Bridge.
The filmmakers employed several actual Allied and Axis D-Day participants as consultants, many of whom had their roles re-enacted in the film. These included Günther Blumentritt (a former German general), James M. Gavin (an American general), Frederick Morgan (Deputy Chief of Staff at SHAEF), John Howard (who led the airborne assault on the Pegasus Bridge), Lord Lovat (who commanded the 1st Special Service Brigade), Philippe Kieffer (who led his men in the assault on Ouistreham), Marie-Pierre Kœnig (who commanded the Free French Forces in the invasion), Max Pemsel (a German general), Werner Pluskat (the major who was the first German officer to see the invasion fleet), Josef "Pips" Priller (the hot-headed pilot) and Lucie Rommel (widow of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel).
The Longest Day premiered in France on September 25, 1962, and in the United States on October 4. It received positive acclaim from critics and was a significant commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing black-and-white movie at the time. At the 35th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture, and won awards for Best Cinematography (Black-and-White) and Best Special Effects.