The Longest Day (1962)
| Release Date | 25 September 1962 |
| Budget | $10,000,000 |
| Tagline | 42 STARS IN THE LONGEST DAY |
| Genre | Action, Drama, History, War |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Calvados, France |
| Language | English, German, French |
| Sound Mix | 4-Track Stereo, 70 mm 6-Track |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | War Epic |
| Niche Genre | Epic |
| Mood | God and Country |
| Themes | Great Battles |
| Tones | Sweeping, Lavish, Rousing, Passionate, Earnest |
| Tags | Against All Odds, Attack, Invasion, Soldier, Territory, War |
The Longest Day is a 1962 war film based on the 1959 history book The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan, about "D-Day", the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during World War II.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Hans Christian Blech
Maj. Werner Pluskat
Wolfgang Büttner
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Pauline Carton
Maid
Fred Dur
U.S. Army Ranger major
John Gregson
British Padre
Paul Hartmann
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
Peter Helm
Young GI
Werner Hinz
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Karl John
Gen. Wolfgang Hager
Fernand Ledoux
Louis
Richard Münch
Gen. Erich Marcks
Wolfgang Preiss
Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
Ron Randell
Joe Williams
Georges Rivière
Sgt. Guy de Montlaur
Peter van Eyck
Lt. Col. Ocker
Richard Wattis
British Paratrooper
Georges Wilson
Alexandre Renaud
Daniel Gélin
Undetermined Role
Patrick Barr
Group Capt. J.N. Stagg
Michael Beint
Bit part
Lyndon Brook
Lt. Walsh
Lucien Camiret
Bit part
Jean Champion
Bit part
Bryan Coleman
Ronald Callen
Jo D'Avra
French Navy captain
Eugene Deckers
German soldier
Leslie de Laspee
Bill Millin - piper on beach
Colin Drake
Zanuck
Harry Fowler
British Paratrooper
Robert Freitag
Meyer's aide
Lutz Gabor
Bit part
Harold Goodwin
British Infantryman
Henry Grace
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Clément Harari
Bit part
Ruth Hausmeister
Frau Rommel
Til Kiwe
Capt. Helmuth Lang
Mickey Knox
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Simon Lack
Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Rudy Lenoir
Bit part
Joseph Lowe
Ranger at Ponte du Hoc
Wolfgang Lukschy
Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl
Howard Marion-Crawford
Doctor
Neil McCallum
Bit part
Edward Meeks
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Kurt Meisel
Capt. Ernst During
Louis Mounier
Sir Arthur William Tedder
Bill Nagy
Bit part
Kurt Pecher
German commander
Rainer Penkert
Lt. Fritz Theen
Maurice Poli
Jean
Hartmut Reck
Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf
Trevor Reid
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Heinz Reincke
Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller
Paul Edwin Roth
Col. Schiller
Marcel Rouzé
Bit part
Ernst Schröder
Gen.Hans von Salmuth
Hans Söhnker
Deutscher Offizier
Heinz Spitzner
Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer
Nicholas Stuart
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley
Serge Tolstoy
German officer
Lionel Vitrant
The first landed paratrooper, in a garden
Vicco von Bülow
German officer
Dominique Zardi
Bit part
Director
Ken Annakin
Andrew Marton
Writer
Cornelius Ryan
,
James Jones
David Pursall
Jack Seddon
Producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Jean Bourgoin
Walter Wottitz
Editor
Samuel E. Beetley
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Art Director
Léon Barsacq
Ted Haworth
Vincent Korda
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Production Manager
Julien Derode
production manager
Christian Ferry
production manager
Lee Katz
production manager
Louis Wipf
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bernard Farrel
assistant director
Tom Pevsner
assistant director
Louis Pitzele
assistant director
Gerard Renateau
assistant director
Jean Herman
assistant director
Gerd Oswald
director: parachute drop scene, second unit director
Henry Sokal Jr.
assistant director
Art Department
Gabriel Béchir
set designer
Sam Gordon
property master
Sound Department
Joseph De Bretagne
sound
Jacques Maumont
sound
Gene Radzik
stereo sound consultant: Dolby
William Robert Sivel
sound
Special Effects
Karl Baumgartner
special effects
Joseph De Bretagne
special effects
Karl Helmer
special effects
Augie Lohman
special effects
Robert MacDonald
special effects
Alex Weldon
special effects
Visual Effects
Jean Fouchet
optical effects
Bob Cuff
matte painter
David S. Horsley
additional visual effects
Wally Veevers
visual effects
Stunts
Ken Buckle
stunts
Yvan Chiffre
stunts
Jack Cooper
stunts
Gil Delamare
stunts
Joe Powell
stunts
Nosher Powell
stunts
Alexandre Renault
stunts
John Sullivan
stunts
Ian Yule
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Pierre Levent
cinematographer: incidental photography
Henri Persin
cinematographer: incidental photography
Vincent Rossell
still photographer
Guy Tabary
aerial photographer
Costume and Wardrobe Department
John McCorry
wardrobe
Music Department
Other Crew
Jean Barral
technical advisor: France
Roger Bligh
technical advisor: USA
Günther Blumentritt
military consultant
Willard L. Bushy
technical advisor: USA
Hubert Deschard
technical advisor: France
A.J. Hillebrand
technical advisor: USA
John Howard
military consultant
James R. Johnson
technical advisor: England
Philip Kieffer
military consultant
Pierre Koenig
military consultant
Helmut Lang
military consultant
The Earl Of Lovat
military consultant
Frederick Morgan
military consultant
E.C. Peake
technical advisor: England
Max Pemsel
military consultant
Werner Pluskat
military consultant
Fernand Prevost
technical advisor: France
Lucie Marie Rommel
military consultant
Friedrich Ruge
military consultant
Albert Saby
technical advisor: France
Joseph B. Seay
technical advisor: USA
Gilbert Chomat
helicopter pilot: additional photography
Fred Hift
publicist
Jonny Jendrich
technical advisor
James Jones
script consultant
Mickey Knox
dialogue coach
Lucie Lichtig
continuity
Colin Maud
technical advisor
David Pursall
script consultant
Jack Seddon
script consultant
Production Company
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Distributor
Centfox
Fox Films
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Mainostelevisio (MTV3)
TV3
Oy Europa Vision AB
FS Film Oy
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
CBS/Fox
Fox Film
Svensk Filmindustri (SF)
,
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany
,
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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