The Longest Day (1962)

THE INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIMED HIT JUST AS IT WAS SHOWN IN THE MAJOR CAPITALS OF THE WORLD!

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"

Directed by: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki

Written by: Cornelius Ryan, Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall

Music by: Maurice Jarre

Starring: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Leslie Phillips, Robert Ryan, Paul Anka, Wolfgang Büttner, Mel Ferrer

Genre: War, Drama, History

Released: 1962-09-25

Runtime: 178 minutes

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