Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Eddie Albert
Director:
Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Gerd Oswald, Darryl F. Zanuck
Genres:
War, Action, Drama
Tagline:
Overview:
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"
Date Reviewed:
June 9, 2024
Review:
It plays out more like a documentary than a movie, giving credit for the invasion’s success as much to the ineptitude of the German bureaucracy, as it does to the determination of the allied troops.
Producers:
Writers:
Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall, Jack Seddon
