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The Longest Day

The Longest Day (1962)

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

Release:1962
Runtime:2h 58m
Country:United States
Director:Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton
Language:English

Genre

ActionDramaWar
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Keywords

Steel HelmetResistanceAlliesWorld War IiNormandy FranceBased On True StoryD DayHistorical Fiction
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The Longest Day rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.7/10· 61K votes
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Metacritic75%
TMDb7.6/10· 1K votes

With 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.7/10 on IMDb and 75/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About The Longest Day

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"

Cast of The Longest Day

  • John Wayne

    John Wayne

    as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

  • Robert Mitchum

    Robert Mitchum

    as Brig. Gen. Norman Cota

  • Henry Fonda

    Henry Fonda

    as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

  • Richard Burton

    Richard Burton

    as Flight Officer David Campbell

  • Sean Connery

    Sean Connery

    as Pvt. Flanagan

  • Leslie Phillips

    Leslie Phillips

    as RAF Officer Mac

  • Robert Ryan

    Robert Ryan

    as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

  • Paul Anka

    Paul Anka

    as U.S. Army Ranger

  • Wolfgang Büttner

    Wolfgang Büttner

    as Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel

  • Mel Ferrer

    Mel Ferrer

    as Maj. Gen. Robert Haines

  • Ray Danton

    Ray Danton

    as Capt. Frank

  • Peter Lawford

    Peter Lawford

    as Lord Lovat

The Longest Day facts

Budget
$10M
Box office
$50.1M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • •Ambitious war film captures D-Day historical magnitude
  • •Multiple perspectives provide comprehensive battle narrative scope
  • •Impressive scale and logistics demonstrate impressive production craft

What the audience disliked

  • •Episodic structure can feel fragmented and disconnected
  • •Dated filmmaking style may alienate contemporary audiences

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