The Longest Day (1962) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton.

Cast

• John Wayne as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
• Robert Mitchum as Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
• Henry Fonda as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
• Richard Burton as Flight Officer David Campbell
• Sean Connery as Pvt. Flanagan
• Leslie Phillips as RAF Officer Mac
• Robert Ryan as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
• Paul Anka as U.S. Army Ranger
• Wolfgang Büttner as Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
• Mel Ferrer as Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
• Ray Danton as Capt. Frank
• Peter Lawford as Lord Lovat
• Eddie Albert as Col. Thompson
• Arletty as Madame Barrault
• Jean-Louis Barrault as Father Louis Roulland
• Richard Beymer as Pvt. Dutch Schultz
• Hans Christian Blech as Maj. Werner Pluskat
• Bourvil as Mayor of Colleville
• Red Buttons as Pvt. John Steele
• Pauline Carton as Maid
• Irina Demick as Janine Boitard
• Fred Dur as U.S. Army Ranger Major
• Fabian as U.S. Army Ranger
• Steve Forrest as Capt. Harding
• Gert Fröbe as Sgt. Kaffekanne
• Leo Genn as Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.
• John Gregson as British Padre
• Paul Hartmann as Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
• Peter Helm as Young GI
• Werner Hinz as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
• Donald Houston as RAF Pilot
• Jeffrey Hunter as Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller
• Karl John as Gen. Wolfgang Häger
• Curd Jürgens as Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt
• Alexander Knox as Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
• Fernand Ledoux as Louis
• Christian Marquand as Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader
• Dewey Martin as Sgt. Wilder
• Roddy McDowall as Pvt. Morris
• Michael Medwin as Pvt. Watney

Crew

• Maurice Jarre — Original Music Composer
• Jean Bourgoin — Director of Photography
• Cornelius Ryan — Screenplay
• Ken Annakin — Director
• Cornelius Ryan — Novel
• Walter Wottitz — Director of Photography
• Bernhard Wicki — Director
• Andrew Marton — Director
• Darryl F. Zanuck — Producer
• David Pursall — Writer
• Romain Gary — Writer
• James Jones — Writer
• Jack Seddon — Writer

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