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The Longest Day

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7.6/10 • 958

1962-09-252h 58m

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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"

Directors
Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
Writters
Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall, Jack Seddon
Editors
Samuel E. Beetley

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  1. Henry Fonda

    Henry Fonda

    Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

  2. John Wayne

    John Wayne

    Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

  3. Robert Mitchum

    Robert Mitchum

    Brig. Gen. Norman Cota

  4. Robert Ryan

    Robert Ryan

    Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

  5. Eddie Albert

    Eddie Albert

    Col. Thompson

  6. Paul Anka

    Paul Anka

    U.S. Army Ranger

  7. Arletty

    Arletty

    Madame Barrault

  8. Jean-Louis Barrault

    Jean-Louis Barrault

    Father Louis Roulland

  9. Richard Beymer

    Richard Beymer

    Pvt. Dutch Schultz

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John Chard

Jun 22, 2019

8/10

For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day. The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view. The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French gets an all star production. One of the great war movie epics, it has all the requisite blunderbuss spectacle and heroism as the Allies invade Normandy. It's not hard to see why it was such a box office winner, sure it's a touch too long given that a lot of characters don't really have much to do, but performances are strong and the slices of humour off set some of the national stereotypes on show. One has to marvel at the ambition of the production, Fox Studios boss Darryl F. Zanuck spent $10 million to get it onto the big screen, and it shows. Narrative is split into three parts, the preparation, the operations on land and sea in readiness for the Normandy assault, and then the landings in all their powerful glory. For sure we have seen more authentic war movies post The Longest Day, but it undeniably deserves its place as a template movie whose power to entertain in any era forever holds firm. 8/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$10,000,000.00
Revenue
$50,100,000.00
Keywords
steel helmetresistancealliesworld war iinormandy, francebased on true storyd-dayhistorical fictionsoldierdramaticcommanding