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The Longest Day (1962)

The Longest Day
The Longest Day
G
Action
Documentary
Drama
History
War

Release Date
September 25, 1962
Director
Ken Annakin , Andrew Marton , Bernhard Wicki , Darryl F. Zanuck
Cast
Eddie Albert , Paul Anka , Arletty , Jean-Louis Barrault , Richard Beymer , Hans Christian Blech
Runtime
178
Main Genre
Action
Writers
Cornelius Ryan , Romain Gary , James Jones , David Pursall , Jack Seddon
Tagline
This is the day that changed the world... When history held its breath.

Summary

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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The Longest Day DVD Review

A great war movie. One of the best I have ever seen.

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