The Longest Day

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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  John Wayne

  Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
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  Robert Mitchum

  Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
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  Henry Fonda

  Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
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  Richard Burton

  Flying Officer David Campbell
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  Sean Connery

  Pvt. Flanagan
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  Leslie Phillips

  RAF Officer Mac
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  Robert Ryan

  Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
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  Paul Anka

  U.S. Army Ranger
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  Wolfgang Büttner

  Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
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  Mel Ferrer

  Maj. Gen. Robert Haines