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The Longest Day

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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.

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1962 · 2h 58m · War · Action · Drama

TMDB 7.6/10 (1,043 votes)

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"

Directed by Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Ken Annakin

Box office $50M worldwide

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Cast & crew

Andrew MartonDirector

Bernhard WickiDirector

Ken AnnakinDirector

John Wayneas Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

Robert Mitchumas Brig. Gen. Norman Cota