The Longest Day
How it ends
The Allies successfully establish a beachhead in Normandy during D-Day.
Ask about this ending
Comments
Please sign in to leave a comment
More endings like this
Details
Overview
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"
Statistics
Cast & Crew
Cast
Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Richard Burton
Flight Officer David Campbell
Sean Connery
Pvt. Flanagan
Leslie Phillips
RAF Officer Mac
Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Paul Anka
U.S. Army Ranger
Wolfgang Büttner
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Crew
Ken Annakin
Director
Andrew Marton
Director
Cornelius Ryan
Screenplay
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer