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"
Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
Screenplay: Cornelius Ryan
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Director of Photography: Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz
Writer: Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall, Jack Seddon
The Longest Day trailer