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Bookmark this pageThe Longest Day (1962)
Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
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From Time Out Film Guide
Three main directors (plus Darryl Zanuck and Gerd Oswald filling in), five writers (including Romain Gary and James Jones), a block-buster source novel by Cornelius Ryan, and one of the biggest all-star casts of all time (many of them with damn all to do) make this one of the last true war epics. High on noise, spectacle and heroism as the Allies invade Normandy, generally strong on performances and humour, but still over-long and laden with the usual national stereotypes.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
Producer: Darryl F Zanuck
Cast: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan, Mel Ferrer, Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert, Edmond O'Brien, Richard Burton, Kenneth More, Peter Lawford, Richard Todd, Leo Genn, Bourvil, Jean-Louis Barrault, Arletty, Curd Jürgens, Hans Christian Blech, Peter Van Eyck, Rod Steiger full cast
Genre(s): War
Duration: 180 mins
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