The Longest Day (1962)

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Colonel Tom Newton

      Eddie Albert

    • US ranger

      Paul Anka

    • Madame Barrault

      Arletty

    • Father Louis Roulland

      Jean-Louis Barrault

    • Private Dutch Schultz

      Richard Beymer

    • Major Werner Pluskat

      Hans Christian Blech

    • Alphonse Lenaux, mayor of Colleville

      Bourvil

    • RAF pilot

      Richard Burton

    • Major General Dr Hans Speidel

      Büttner, Wolfgang

    • Private John Steele

      Red Buttons

    • woman in Ste. Mère-Eglise

      Pauline Carton

    • Private Flanagan

      Sean Connery

    • Captain Frank

      Ray Danton

    • Janine Boitard

      Demich, Irina

    • major of the rangers

      Dur, Fred

    • US ranger

      Fabian

    • Major General Robert Haines

      Mel Ferrer

    • Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt

      Henry Fonda

    • Captain Harding

      Steve Forrest

    • Sergeant Kaffeeklatsch

      Gert Fröbe

    • Brigiader General Parker

      Leo Genn

    • British padre

      John Gregson

    • Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt

      Paul Hartmann

    • young GI

      Peter Helm

    • Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

      Werner Hinz

    • RAF pilot

      Donald Houston

    • Sergeant John Fuller

      Hunter, Jeff

    • .

      Karl John

    • Major General Günther Blumentritt

      Curd Jürgens

    • Major General Walter Bedell Smith

      Alexander Knox

    • Lord Lovat

      Peter Lawford

    • Louis

      Fernand Ledoux

    • Commander Philippe Kieffer

      Christian Marquand

    • Private Wilder [scenes deleted]

      Dewey Martin

    • Private Morris

      Roddy McDowall

    • Private Watney

      Michael Medwin

    • Private Martini

      Sal Mineo

    • Brigadier General Norman Cota

      Robert Mitchum

    • Captain Colin Maud

      Kenneth More

    • General Erich Marcks

      Richard Münch

    • General Raymond O. Barton

      Edmond O'Brien

    • Mac, RAF officer

      Leslie Phillips

    • Major General Max Pemsel

      Wolfgang Preiss

    • Joe Williams

      Ron Randell

    • mother superior

      Madeleine Renaud

    • Sergeant Guy de Montlaur

      Riviere, Georges

    • Private Clough

      Norman Rossington

    • Brigadier General James M. Gavin

      Robert Ryan

    • US ranger

      Tommy Sands

    • US ranger

      George Segal

    • Rear-Admiral Jaujard

      Jean Servais

    • destroyer commander

      Rod Steiger

    • Major John Howard

      Richard Todd

    • Lieutenant Wilson

      Tom Tryon

    • Lieutenant Colonel Ocker

      Peter Van Eyck

    • US ranger

      Robert Wagner

    • British soldier

      Richard Wattis

    • Lieutenant Sheen

      Stuart Whitman

    • Alexandre Renaud

      Georges Wilson

    • Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Vandervoort

      John Wayne

    • [briefing officer]

      Jack Hedley

    • [Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey]

      John Robinson

    • [Group Captain J.N. Stagg]

      Patrick Barr

    • [Private Coke]

      Frank Finlay

    • [Lieutenant Walsh]

      Lyndon Brook

    • [Ronald Callen]

      Bryan Coleman

    • [Canadian doctor]

      Neil McCallum

    • [General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery]

      Trevor Reid

    • [Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory]

      Simon Lack

    • [Air Marshal Sir Arthur William Tedder]

      Louis Mounier

    • [WREN]

      Siân Phillips

    • [General Dwight D. Eisenhower]

      Henry Grace

    • [Private Harris]

      Mark Damon

    • [Colonel Caffey]

      John Crawford

    • [Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley]

      Nicholas Stuart

    • [Rear-Admiral Alan G. Kirk]

      John Meillon

    • [Jean]

      Maurice Poli

    • [the housekeeper]

      Alice Tissot

    • [naval captain]

      Jo D'avray

    • [Colonel Josep 'Pips' Priller]

      Heinz Reincke

    • [General Hans von Salmuth]

      Ernst Schröder

    • [Captain Ernst During]

      Karl Meisel

    • [Lieutenant Colonel Hellmuth Meyer]

      Heinz Spitzner

    • [aide to Lieutenant Colonel Meyer]

      Robert Freytag

    • [Captain Hellmuth Lang]

      Til Kiwe

    • [Colonel General Alfred Jodl]

      Wolfgang Lukschy

    • [Frau Maria Rommel]

      Ruth Hausmeister

    • [Manfred Rommel]

      Michael Hinz

    • [Colonel Schiller]

      Paul Edwin Roth

    • [Sergeant Bergsdorf]

      Hartmut Rock

    • [Luftwaffe major]

      Dietmar Schönherr

    • [Lieutenant Fritz Theen]

      Rainer Penkert

    • [German soldier]

      Eugene Deckers

    • [glider doctor]

      Howard Marion-Crawford

    • [Kieffer's aide]

      Gil Delamare

    • [Kieffer's aide]

      Bernard Fresson

    • [German soldier/US sergeant-major]

      Dieter Jahne

    • [German soldier]

      Rudi Renoir

    • [German soldier with Janine Boitard]

      Serge Tolstoi

    • [Admiral Creasey]

      Horsburgh, Walter

    • [Roosevelt's aide]

      Jack Phillips

    • [German commander]

      Kurt Pecher

    • [major in Ste. Mère-Eglise]

      Bill Nagy

    • [.]

      Al Mulock

    • [.]

      Harry Landis

    • [scenes deleted]

      Daniel Gélin

    • [scenes deleted]

      Françoise Rosay

• Credits

  • Unknown:

    • British Exterior Episodes Directed by

      Ken Annakin

    • American Exterior Episodes Directed by

      Andrew Marton

    • German Episodes Directed by

      Bernhard Wicki

    • [Director of Ste. Mere-Eglise episodes]

      Gerd Oswald

    • Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

    • Darryl F. Zanuck Productions

    • Produced by

      Darryl F. Zanuck

    • [Assistant to the Producer]

      Richard D. Zanuck

    • Elmo Williams

    • [Production Manager]

      Julien Derode

    • [Production Manager]

      Christian Ferry

    • [Production Manager]

      Lee Katz

    • [Production Manager]

      Louis Wipf

    • Co-ordinator of Battle Episodes

      Elmo Williams

    • Bernard Farrel

    • Tom Pevsner

    • Louis Pitzelé

    • Gérard Renateau

    • [Assistant Director]

      Henri Sokal

    • [Continuity]

      Christiane Grémillon

    • [Continuity]

      Lucie Lichtig

    • [Continuity]

      Holly Sterian

    • Cornelius Ryan

    • Additional Episodes Written by

      Romain Gary

    • Additional Episodes Written by

      James Jones

    • Additional Episodes Written by

      David Pursall

    • Additional Episodes Written by

      Jack Seddon

    • Based on his book

      Cornelius Ryan

    • Photography

      Jean Bourgoin

    • Photography

      Walter Wottitz

    • [Photography]

      Henri Persin

    • [Photography]

      Pierre Levent

    • [Helicopter Photography]

      Guy Tabary

    • [Electrician]

      Jean-Claude Couty

    • Optical Effects

      Jean Fouchet

    • [Special Effects]

      Karl Baumgartner

    • [Special Effects]

      Karl Helmer

    • [Special Effects]

      Augie Lohman

    • [Special Effects]

      Robert MacDonald

    • [Special Effects]

      Alex Weldon

    • Samuel E. Beetley

    • Aworth, Ted

    • Léon Barsacq

    • Vincent Korda

    • [Set Decorator]

      Gabriel Béchir

    • [Property Master]

      Sam Gordon

    • [Wardrobe]

      John McCorry

    • [Wardrobe]

      Léon Zay

    • [Wardrobe]

      Jean Zay

    • [Make-up]

      Georges Bouban

    • [Hairdresser]

      Marc Blanchard

    • [Hairdresser]

      Renée Guidet

    • [Hairdresser]

      Janine Jarreau

    • Thematic Music by

      Paul Anka

    • Musical Score Composed and Conducted by

      Maurice Jarre

    • [Music] Arrangement by

      Mitch Miller

    • Jo de Bretagne

    • Jacques Maumont

    • Sivel, William

    • Sound System

      Westrex Recording System

    • [Dialogue Director]

      Mickey Knox

    • [Stunt Performer]

      Ian Yule

    • Barral, Commandant Jean

    • Bligh, Lieutenant Colonel Roger

    • Bushy, Commander Willard L.

    • Deschard, Commandant Hubert

    • Hillebrand, Lieutenant Colonel A.J.

    • Johnson, Colonel James R.

    • Prevost, Capitaine Fernand

    • Peake, Lt. Commander E.C.

    • Saby, Colonel Albert

    • Seay, Colonel Joseph B.

    • [Technical Adviser]

      Crewdson, Captain John

    • Military Consultant

      Blumentritt, General Günther

    • Military Consultant

      Gavin, Lieutenant General James

    • Military Consultant

      Howard D.s.o. C de G, Major John

    • Military Consultant

      Kieffer, Capitaine de Fregate Philippe

    • Military Consultant

      Koenig, General d'Armée Pierre

    • Military Consultant

      Lang, Captain Helmuth

    • Military Consultant

      Lovat D.s.o. M.c., Brigadier The Earl of

    • Military Consultant

      Morgan, General Sir Frederick

    • Military Consultant

      Pemsel, Lieutenant General Max

    • Military Consultant

      Pluskat, Major Werner

    • Military Consultant

      Priller, Colonel Josef

    • Military Consultant

      Rommel, Frau Lucie Maria

    • Military Consultant

      Ruge, Vice Admiral Friedrich

    • [Technical Consultant]

      Maurice Chauvet

    • [Technical Consultant]

      Delamare, Gilbert

    • [British Army Co-ordinator]

      Roger Defontaine

    • [Supervisor of Special Action]

      John Sullivan

    • [Helicopter Pilot]

      Gilbert Chomat

    • Studios de Boulogne