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Added: Oct 8, 2009
The Longest Day is a mammoth, all-star re-creation of the D-Day invasion, personally orchestrated by Darryl F. Zanuck. Whenever possible, the original locations were utilized, and an all-star international cast impersonates the people involved, from high-ranking officials to ordinary GIs. Each actor speaks in his or her native language with subtitles translating for the benefit of the audience (alternate "takes" were made of each scene with the foreign actors speaking English, but these were seen only during the first network telecast of the film in 1972). The stars are listed alphabetically, with the exception of John Wayne, who as Lt. Colonel Vandervoort gets separate billing. Others in the huge cast include Eddie Albert, Jean-Louis Barrault, Richard Burton, Red Buttons, Sean Connery, Henry Fonda, Gert Frobe, Curt Jurgens, Peter Lawford, Robert Mitchum, Kenneth More, Edmond O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Jean Servais, Rod Steiger and Robert Wagner. Paul Anka, who wrote the film's title song, shows up as an Army private. Scenes include the Allies parachuting into Ste. Mere Englise, where the paratroopers were mowed down by German bullets; a real-life sequence wherein the German and Allied troops unwittingly march side by side in the dark of night; and a spectacular three-minute overhead shot of the troops fighting and dying in the streets of Quistreham. The last major black-and-white road-show attraction, The Longest Day made millions, enough to recoup some of the cost of 20th Century Fox's concurrently produced Cleopatra. John Wayne - Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort Robert Mitchum - Brig. Gen. Norman Cota Henry Fonda - Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Robert Ryan - Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin Rod Steiger - Destroyer Commander Richard Todd - Maj. John Howard Richard Burton - Downed R.A.F. Pilot Robert Wagner - U.S. Ranger Mel Ferrer - Maj. Gen. Robert Haines Jeffrey Hunter - Sgt. Fuller Paul Anka - U.S. Ranger Sal Mineo - Pvt. Martini Roddy McDowall - Private Morris Stuart Whitman - Lieutenant Sheen Eddie Albert - Col. Tom Newton Edmond O'Brien - Gen. Raymond O. Barton Fabian - U.S. Ranger Red Buttons - Pvt. John Steele Tom Tryon - Lieutenant Wilson Alexander Knox - Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith Tommy Sands - U.S. Ranger Ray Danton - Capt. Frank Henry W. Grace - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower Mark Damon - Pvt. Harris Dewey Martin - Private Wilder John Crawford - Col. Coffey Ron Randell - Joe Williams Nick Stuart - Lieutenant General Omar Bradley John Meillon - Rear Adm. Alan G. Kirk Kenneth More - Capt. Colin Maud Peter Lawford - Lord Lovat Leo Genn - Gen. Parker John Gregson - Padre Sean Connery - Pvt. Flanagan Jack Hedley - Briefing Man Irina Demick - Janine Boitard Bourvil - Mayor of Colleville Jean-Louis Barrault - Father Roulland Christian Marquand - Comdr. Philippe Kieffer Arletty - Mme. Barrault Madeleine Renaud - Mother Superior Georges Riviere - Sgt. Montlaur Jean Servais - Adm. Jaujard Georges Wilson - Alexandre Renaud Curd Jürgens - Maj. Gen. Blumentlitt Werner Hinz - Marshal Erwin Rommel Paul Hartmann - Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt Hans-Christian Blech - Maj. Pluskat Peter Van Eyck - Lieutenant Colonel Ocker Heinz Reincke - Col. Josef "Pips" Priller Richard Münch - Col. Marx Kurt Meisel - Capt. Ernst During Patrick Barr - Group Capt. Stagg Michael Beint Richard Beymer - Pvt. Dutch Schultz Lyndon Brook - Lt. Walsh Wolfgang Buttner - Major General Doctor Hans Speidel Pauline Carton Bryan Coleman - Ronald Callen Eugene Deckers - Nazi Soldier Fred Durr - Major of the Rangers Frank Finlay - Pvt. Coke Steve Forrest - Capt. Harding Harry Fowler Robert Freitag - Meyer's Aide Gert Fröbe - Sgt. Karreklatsch Daniel Gélin Harold Goodwin Ruth Hausmeister - Frau Rommel Peter Helm - Young GI Michael Hinz - Manfred Rommel Donald Houston - R.A.F. Pilot Karl John - Luftwaffe general Til Kiwe - Capt. Hellmuth Lang Simon Lack - Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory Fernand Ledoux - Louis Christopher Lee Wolfgang Lukschy - Gen. Alfred Jodl Howard Marion-Crawford - Doctor Neil McCallum Michael Medwin - Pvt. Watney Bill Nagy Rainer Penkert - Lt. Fritz Theen Sian Phillips - Wren Leslie Phillips - RAF Officer Maurice Poli - Jean Wolfgang Preiss - Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel Trevor Reid - Gen. Bernard Law Montgomery John Robinson - Adm. Sir Bertram Ramsay Françoise Rosay Norman Rossington - Pvt. Clough Dietmar Schoenherr - Luftwaffe major Ernst Schroeder - Hans von Salmuth George Segal - 1st commando up cliff Heinz Spitzner - Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer Alice Tissot - Housekeeper Vicco Von Buelow - German officer (uncredited) Richard Wattis - British soldier
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