The Longest Day
1962 · directed by Ken Annakin
- Rating
- 78/100
- Hit
- no
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"
The Longest Day (1962), directed by Ken Annakin, rates 78/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- John Wayne
- Robert Mitchum
- Henry Fonda
- Richard Burton
- Sean Connery
- Leslie Phillips
- Robert Ryan
- Paul Anka
- Wolfgang Büttner
- Mel Ferrer
Crew
- Jean Bourgoin — Director of Photography
- Walter Wottitz — Director of Photography
- Samuel E. Beetley — Editor
- Maurice Jarre — Original Music Composer
- Cornelius Ryan — Screenplay
- David Pursall — Writer
- Jack Seddon — Writer
- James Jones — Writer
- Romain Gary — Writer
More from Ken Annakin
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965) — 73/100
- Swiss Family Robinson (1960) — 70/100
- Battle of the Bulge (1965) — 66/100
- The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) — 64/100
- Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969) — 60/100
- The Call of the Wild (1972) — 60/100
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