The Longest Day
Year:
1962
Production Country:
USA
Directed by Ken Annakin / Andrew Marton / Bernhard Wicki
Featuring Eddie Albert / Paul Anka / Arletty
Featuring Eddie Albert / Paul Anka / Arletty
Account of June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion of Normandy.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Colonel Tom Newton Eddie Albert
- US ranger Paul Anka
- Madame Barrault Arletty
- Father Louis Roulland Jean-Louis Barrault
- Private Dutch Schultz Richard Beymer
- Major Werner Pluskat Hans Christian Blech
- Alphonse Lenaux, mayor of Colleville Bourvil
- RAF pilot Richard Burton
- Major General Dr Hans Speidel Wolf Büttner
- Private John Steele Red Buttons
- woman in Ste. Mère-Eglise Pauline Carton
- Private Flanagan Sean Connery
- Captain Frank Ray Danton
- Janine Boitard Irina Demick
- major of the rangers Fred Dürr
- US ranger Fabian
- Major General Robert Haines Mel Ferrer
- Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Henry Fonda
- Captain Harding Steve Forrest
- Sergeant Kaffeeklatsch Gert Fröbe
- Brigiader General Parker Leo Genn
- British padre John Gregson
- Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt Paul Hartmann
- young GI Peter Helm
- Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Werner Hinz
- RAF pilot Donald Houston
- Sergeant John Fuller Jeffrey Hunter
- . Karl John
- Major General Günther Blumentritt Curd Jürgens
- Major General Walter Bedell Smith Alexander Knox
- Lord Lovat Peter Lawford
- Louis Fernand Ledoux
- Commander Philippe Kieffer Christian Marquand
- Private Wilder [scenes deleted] Dewey Martin
- Private Morris Roddy Mcdowall
- Private Watney Michael Medwin
- Private Martini Sal Mineo
- Brigadier General Norman Cota Robert Mitchum
- Captain Colin Maud Kenneth More
- General Erich Marcks Richard Münch
- General Raymond O. Barton Edmond O'brien
- Mac, RAF officer Leslie Phillips
- Major General Max Pemsel Wolfgang Preiss
- Joe Williams Ron Randell
- mother superior Madeleine Renaud
- Sergeant Guy de Montlaur Georges Rivière
- Private Clough Norman Rossington
- Brigadier General James M. Gavin Robert Ryan
- US ranger Tommy Sands
- US ranger George Segal
- Rear-Admiral Jaujard Jean Servais
- destroyer commander Rod Steiger
- Major John Howard Richard Todd
- Lieutenant Wilson Tom Tryon
- Lieutenant Colonel Ocker Peter Van Eyck
- US ranger Robert Wagner
- British soldier Richard Wattis
- Lieutenant Sheen Stuart Whitman
- Alexandre Renaud Georges Wilson
- Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Vandervoort John Wayne
- [briefing officer] Jack Hedley
- [Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey] John Robinson
- [Group Captain J.N. Stagg] Patrick Barr
- [Private Coke] Frank Finlay
- [Lieutenant Walsh] Lyndon Brook
- [Ronald Callen] Bryan Coleman
- [Canadian doctor] Neil McCallum
- [General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery] Trevor Reid
- [Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory] Simon Lack
- [Air Marshal Sir Arthur William Tedder] Louis Mounier
- [WREN] Siân Phillips
- [General Dwight D. Eisenhower] Henry Grace
- [Private Harris] Mark Damon
- [Colonel Caffey] John Crawford
- [Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley] Nicholas Stuart
- [Rear-Admiral Alan G. Kirk] John Meillon
- [Jean] Maurice Poli
- [the housekeeper] Alice Tissot
- [naval captain] Jo D'avray
- [Colonel Josep 'Pips' Priller] Heinz Reincke
- [General Hans von Salmuth] Ernst Schröder
- [Captain Ernst During] Karl Meisel
- [Lieutenant Colonel Hellmuth Meyer] Heinz Spitzner
- [aide to Lieutenant Colonel Meyer] Robert Freytag
- [Captain Hellmuth Lang] Til Kiwe
- [Colonel General Alfred Jodl] Wolfgang Lukschy
- [Frau Maria Rommel] Ruth Hausmeister
- [Manfred Rommel] Michael Hinz
- [Colonel Schiller] Paul Edwin Roth
- [Sergeant Bergsdorf] Hartmut Rock
- [Luftwaffe major] Dietmar Schönherr
- [Lieutenant Fritz Theen] Rainer Penkert
- [German soldier] Eugene Deckers
- [glider doctor] Howard Marion-crawford
- [Kieffer's aide] Gil Delamare
- [Kieffer's aide] Bernard Fresson
- [German soldier/US sergeant-major] Dieter Jahne
- [German soldier] Rudi Renoir
- [German soldier with Janine Boitard] Serge Tolstoi
- [Admiral Creasey] Walter Horsbrugh
- [Roosevelt's aide] Jack Phillips
- [German commander] Kurt Pecher
- [major in Ste. Mère-Eglise] Bill Nagy
- [.] Al Mulock
- [.] Harry Landis
- [scenes deleted] Daniel Gélin
- [scenes deleted] Françoise Rosay
Credits
Direction
- British Exterior Episodes Directed by Ken Annakin
- American Exterior Episodes Directed by Andrew Marton
- German Episodes Directed by Bernhard Wicki
- [Director of Ste. Mere-Eglise episodes] Gerd Oswald
- Co-ordinator of Battle Episodes Elmo Williams
- Assistant Director Bernard Farrel
- Assistant Director Tom Pevsner
- Assistant Director Louis Pitzelé
- Assistant Director Gérard Renateau
- [Assistant Director] Henri Sokal
- [Continuity] Christiane Grémillon
- [Continuity] Lucie Lichtig
- [Continuity] Holly Sterian
Production
- Production Company Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- Production Company Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
- Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
- [Assistant to the Producer] Richard D. Zanuck
- Associate Producer Elmo Williams
- [Production Manager] Julien Derode
- [Production Manager] Christian Ferry
- [Production Manager] Lee Katz
- [Production Manager] Louis Wipf
- Studio Studios de Boulogne
Writing
- Screenplay Cornelius Ryan
- Additional Episodes Written by Romain Gary
- Additional Episodes Written by James Jones
- Additional Episodes Written by David Pursall
- Additional Episodes Written by Jack Seddon
- Based on his book Cornelius Ryan
Photography
- Photography Jean Bourgoin
- Photography Walter Wottitz
- [Photography] Henri Persin
- [Photography] Pierre Levent
- [Helicopter Photography] Guy Tabary
- [Electrician] Jean-Claude Couty
Special Effects
- Optical Effects Jean Fouchet
- [Special Effects] Karl Baumgartner
- [Special Effects] Karl Helmer
- [Special Effects] Augie Lohman
- [Special Effects] Robert Macdonald
- [Special Effects] Alex Weldon
Editing
- Editor Samuel E. Beetley
Design
- Art Director Ted Haworth
- Art Director Léon Barsacq
- Art Director Vincent Korda
- [Set Decorator] Gabriel Béchir
- [Property Master] Sam Gordon
Costumes
- [Wardrobe] John McCorry
- [Wardrobe] Léon Zay
- [Wardrobe] Jean Zay
Make-up
- [Make-up] Georges Bouban
- [Hairdresser] Marc Blanchard
- [Hairdresser] Renée Guidet
- [Hairdresser] Janine Jarreau
Music
- Thematic Music by Paul Anka
- Musical Score Composed and Conducted by Maurice Jarre
- [Music] Arrangement by Mitch Miller
Sound
- Sound Jo de Bretagne
- Sound Jacques Maumont
- Sound W.R. Sivel
- Sound System Westrex Recording System
- [Dialogue Director] Mickey Knox
Stunts
- [Stunt Performer] Ian Yule
- [Helicopter Pilot] Gilbert Chomat
Consultant
- Technical Adviser Jean Barral
- Technical Adviser Roger Bligh
- Technical Adviser Willard L. Bushy
- Technical Adviser Hubert Deschard
- Technical Adviser A.J. Hillebrand
- Technical Adviser James R. Johnson
- Technical Adviser Fernand Prevost
- Technical Adviser E.C. Peake
- Technical Adviser Albert Saby
- Technical Adviser Joseph B. Seay
- [Technical Adviser] John Crewdson
- Military Consultant Günther Blumentritt
- Military Consultant James M. Gavin
- Military Consultant John Howard
- Military Consultant Philippe Kieffer
- Military Consultant Pierre Koenig
- Military Consultant Helmuth Lang
- Military Consultant Earl of Lovat
- Military Consultant Frederick Morgan
- Military Consultant Max Pemsel
- Military Consultant Werner Pluskat
- Military Consultant Josef Priller
- Military Consultant Lucie Maria Rommel
- Military Consultant Friedrich Ruge
- [Technical Consultant] Maurice Chauvet
- [Technical Consultant] Gil Delamare
- [British Army Co-ordinator] Roger Defontaine
- [Supervisor of Special Action] John Sullivan
