The Longest Day
“THE INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIMED HIT JUST AS IT WAS SHOWN IN THE MAJOR CAPITALS OF THE WORLD!”
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"
Genres
War, Action, Drama
Studio
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Longest Day performed
Budget
$10.0M
Worldwide Gross
$50.1M
Gross Profit
$40.1M
Return
5.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$8M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for War) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Flight Officer David Campbell
Richard Burton
Flight Officer David Campbell
Pvt. Flanagan
Sean Connery
Pvt. Flanagan
RAF Officer Mac
Leslie Phillips
RAF Officer Mac
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
U.S. Army Ranger
Paul Anka
U.S. Army Ranger
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Wolfgang Büttner
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
Mel Ferrer
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
Capt. Frank
Ray Danton
Capt. Frank
Lord Lovat
Peter Lawford
Lord Lovat
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