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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"
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Directed by: Ken Annakin, Jean Bourgoin, Bernhard Wicki
Written by: Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall
Produced by: Darryl F. Zanuck, Elmo Williams
Composed by: Maurice Jarre
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Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota

Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

Eddie Albert
Col. Thompson

Paul Anka
U.S. Army Ranger

Arletty
Madame Barrault

Jean-Louis Barrault
Father Louis Roulland

Richard Beymer
Pvt. Dutch Schultz

Hans Christian Blech
Maj. Werner Pluskat
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