1962 2h 58m Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki

The Longest Day

Name: The Longest Day
Genre: War & Military, Action & Adventure, Drama, History, Made in Europe
Released: 1962
Rating: 7.7
Cast: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton

★ 7.7 IMDb

War & Military Action & Adventure Drama History Made in Europe

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"

Writers Cornelius Ryan, James Jones, David Pursall, Noël Coward, Romain Gary, Jack Seddon

Cast John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton

DP Jean Bourgoin

Production Designer Ted Haworth

Music Maurice Jarre

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Awards & Festivals

Nominated Academy Award for Best Picture

Nominated Academy Award for Best Special Effects

Nominated Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Nominated Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White

Nominated Academy Award for Best Film Editing

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