The Longest Day (1962)

Cast

Sean Connery
as Pvt. Flanagan
John Wayne
as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Jeffrey Hunter
as Sgt.
Robert Wagner
as U.S. Army Ranger

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Genres & Description

Action Drama History War

7.8 / 10

Tells the story of the D-Day invasion of Normandy in WWII. There are dozens of characters, some seen only briefly, who together weave the story of five separate invasion points that made up the operation.

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Michael Bandada

That movie has got a strong ensemble cast featuring robert mitchum, richard burton, henry fonda, sean connery and the duke himself, john wayne... an all-star classic - @Thursday, March 1, 2018 2:21 AM

Bank It

Is it true that the majority of Allied that landed on the beaches were not Americans? - @Thursday, July 6, 2017 7:11 AM

saikripa inn

plz plz plz re release it in color - @Monday, May 29, 2017 10:50 AM

Rampage Clover

The number of acting legends that are in this movie is startling - @Monday, January 23, 2017 3:56 AM

Ferf Hartle

" John has a long mustache " - @Wednesday, May 4, 2016 11:57 PM

delboyengland

I'm looking for a d day movie movie . It mosly of them on the beach and trying to get boats back to England . There a lot of scene of them casually talking on the beach an time to time jumping on the floor when the german come over shooting . Forget the name of it . If anyone has a list of movies made on d day in the 60s could you reply . Watched it a few years ago on tv and never finished it - @Thursday, December 31, 2015 8:40 AM

irena dubrovna

Oh well, as long as only "racists" (Eugenicists) perished, what the hell... I mean, wearing a Nazi uniform, or an American uniform, does not make a person good, or evil.... for many went to war to fight for Cesar, and not for the Israel of God... likewise many do not care when "black" men are discriminated against (Eugenics promoted) in their respective lands... they would rather serve satan than the Israel of God.... The logical consequence of a belief in a "race of people" defined by bloodlines, is WAR... slavery.... looking upon others as a "resource"... breeding programs... This word RAPE... is not found in the Bible (kjv)... It is a man-made word, and not a word found in the Bible (kjv)... Rearrange the letters, and you get REAP... See, Eugenics? ... So, one can only hope that WW2 was not about "killing Jews" but about killing evil persons, irrespective of their national identity cards... For why would God allow this bloodshed to happen? - @Thursday, June 11, 2015 7:54 PM

irena dubrovna

Battles are fought in very specific places.... Does it not strike others as suspicious that site that was chosen was essentially a killing-field? It was as if those guys were sent to their deaths, by the governments of Germany and England, as if they knew what they were doing --- deliberately reducing the male population..... Two in the movie... the characters played by Henry Fonda, and John Wayne... carry canes... are slow to arrive... but eh, do not question their "patriotism" or "intentions"... "Sir, I think we were supposed to land over there, where all those other guys are getting killed... should we move to that part of the beach?".... "Umm, no, the reinforcements will have to follow us, no matter where we are... so let us continue from here".... Sounds like a plan... - @Thursday, June 11, 2015 7:48 PM

rowdy yeats

.. this is much better than SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. - @Sunday, June 7, 2015 9:33 PM

tim bardtke

Where is easy company...? - @Monday, May 4, 2015 10:28 PM

Chase Vernon

This is one of my all time favorite movies!!! - @Sunday, March 29, 2015 6:05 AM

Danny7618

You notice that the trailers have the Germans speaking English but in the movie they are speaking German I guess to give it more realism. The trailers were in English probably to attract more causal war movie fans. I've always hated war movies where the "enemy" like Germans or Japs are speaking English when in reality they didn't speak English amongst each other. The most horrible war movie with enemies speaking English was with Jude Law as a Russian sniper and Ed Harris as a German Sniper as well. Both spoke the broken English. Just horrible. At least in Valkyrie Tom Cruise is speaking German in the beginning and it casually turns into English, giving the viewers time to realize he really is speaking German but its in English for us dummies to understand. - @Sunday, February 15, 2015 4:27 PM

darthdj31

Obviously they couldn't tell every story (movie is 3 hrs still) but i wished they featured the Canadian first assault on Juno - @Saturday, January 3, 2015 1:18 AM

HistoryNET

The Cobra Unit was here! - @Monday, December 29, 2014 5:08 PM

JANE DEER

Wow ! this movie looks extremely amazing , I got to watch this film , I can't wait , I will probably buy , " The longest Day " , on DVD . Awesome trailer and nice music . - @Sunday, September 28, 2014 6:10 AM

BramowitchIII

Notice how the germans speak english here? They shot two versions: one in english and one where the germans actually spoke german. - @Thursday, June 19, 2014 10:46 PM

Dejael Long

My Dad was an Army Ranger who landed on Normandy Beach at Pointe du Hoc in France on D-Day, and he loved this movie. He wasn't concerned with its slight inaccuracies, he thought it was a fine retelling of the event in chronological time. He said the way they showed the landing on the beaches was very accurate. He also served as a technical military adviser on Steven Spielberg's SAVING PRIVATE RYAN in 1998, and he said the realism in that movie was incredible. - @Monday, June 9, 2014 12:27 AM

oldrocker74

This Friday marks the 70th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion. - @Sunday, June 1, 2014 10:52 AM

combat87

remake - @Wednesday, January 29, 2014 12:36 PM

Glamagal20091

I've just watched 'The Longest Day' on TCM. There are many fine acting performances. I thought Hans Christian Blech (Pluskat) was a particularly notable one. - @Sunday, September 29, 2013 11:24 AM

evilgel666

YIFI - @Sunday, August 4, 2013 5:47 AM

Henrik041

I remember very well watching it, expecting that the landing of the 3rd Canadian Division would rate a scene, especially since they were the only allied forces to reach their D-Day+1 objectives. Instead they mentioned Canadians once, when a British staff officer pores over a map and says something along the line of "the British and Canadians to the north". Face it, the producer Zanuck - not a stupid man - edited out Canada. It was no oversight. - @Friday, July 19, 2013 7:48 AM

Dankafied

They actually do mention the canadians in the movie, maybe you should actually watch the movie. - @Thursday, July 18, 2013 12:22 PM

intothevoid

62 - @Thursday, July 18, 2013 5:19 AM

Henrik041

@ brionatic - you're absolutely right! Having a minor character speak the words "the British and Canadians" and putting a small Canadian flag on a map in the background served very well to depict the combat achievement of the 3rd Canadian Division at Juno Beach! Why didn't I see that before? Puh-lease... Face it, Zanuck edited out the Canadians deliberately. It was no oversight. He was not a stupid man. - @Wednesday, June 5, 2013 6:01 AM

Dankafied

They did it for entertainment, you ignorant fuck. - @Sunday, June 2, 2013 8:00 PM

Dankafied

1961 - @Sunday, June 2, 2013 7:59 PM

13uncuJameson

wikipedia brought me here. - @Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:57 AM

"The Longest Day" will be released on October 4th, 1862, thank you. - @Sunday, May 12, 2013 3:57 AM

zzigaouf92

when this movie will released? - @Saturday, May 11, 2013 9:27 PM

Lawn RealProd

Il sort quand ? - @Saturday, April 27, 2013 5:17 PM

Kohl423

Montgomery wisely increased the forces and landing beaches the allied planners would use and then entirely underestimated the strength of the opposition at Canne. Later stating his plan was to draw the main strength of the German forces which was correct, but I do not believe he originally expected it to be so tough. D Day was a truly allied achievement with forces great and small drawn from all over the British Commonwealth as well as the US, Britain itself, France and other European countries. - @Wednesday, April 24, 2013 8:06 PM

Leumas nonnahs

Is it just me but this trailer feels like it was not really Completed - @Monday, February 25, 2013 12:21 PM

renoron1

I haven't seen it in decades, when I was a kid. I just caught the last 20 minutes of it--most while listening from the kitchen--and was surprised at the blatant overacting (especially John Wayne, playing--who else?--John Wane), and cheesy dialogue. - @Sunday, February 17, 2013 1:32 AM

Al Cor

Canadians not mentioned, American garbage to make a buck. The unfortunate thing is this is how most Americans get their history and are so as a result uninformed - @Thursday, January 10, 2013 5:36 AM

qwertywerty42

The Longest Day, Lawrence of Arabia and To Kill a Mockingbird all came out the same year. Must have been one hell of an Oscars. - @Saturday, December 22, 2012 2:59 PM

Paladin Demo

Please tell me the English translation was for the trailer. - @Wednesday, December 19, 2012 5:15 AM

snakes3425

Longest Day is just about Operation: Neptune, the actual landings, not the entire Battle of Normandy, everyone knows after they got off the beach the Americans ran smack into the Hedgrows and it took until July 25th to breakout of the area when Operation: Cobra was launched, while the British and Canadians ran smack into the 21st Panzer Division outside Caen which took them until August to finally take the city and break out - @Friday, November 9, 2012 9:01 AM

modwebby

i c, well ive seen the whol movie in black and white, it aint to bad but its really hmm.. ur tired after watching bcus u imagen colours everwhere,.. - @Sunday, June 24, 2012 9:33 AM

zetatrain

There are color versions of this film. - @Sunday, June 24, 2012 3:41 AM

Wellington Carsoli

vai pra puta que pariu - @Sunday, June 10, 2012 9:24 PM

modwebby

is the whole movie and white and black? bummer its on tv this evenin but im not in the mood for white and black lol - @Wednesday, June 6, 2012 6:05 PM

SteelBolt

Thanks! - @Wednesday, June 6, 2012 10:30 AM

SteelBolt

is there a movie about the soviet front lines in ww2 - @Tuesday, June 5, 2012 1:55 PM

michael straus

best movie of war - @Tuesday, May 22, 2012 6:07 PM

Henrik041

...another internet drive-by asshat - @Monday, May 7, 2012 6:17 AM

Henrik041

...at least try to read up, and pay attention. Who do you think cleared the Scheldt Estuary? Bonus points if you understand why clearing the Scheldt Estuary was so important. - @Thursday, May 3, 2012 6:07 AM

alliecat1927

Richard beymer... you are my grandma's age but I still love you!!!! <3 :) - @Wednesday, March 28, 2012 1:05 AM

Naked Tongues

this baby surprised me how good it was with its swarm of known faces disturbing the real look, the german stuff is astonishingly good and even the plethora, stickily sweet ladling on of all the american cameos almost works. As usual Mitchum turns in the most convincing job with oddly enough Richard Behmer good, leaving the Overacting to Richard Burton. Rod Steiger has a sequence especially good. Somehow Zanuck made the bloody thing ALmost work, and it really is a wonderful movie. - @Wednesday, February 22, 2012 8:33 PM

henk de tank

The longest da... Trailer ;-P - @Sunday, February 12, 2012 6:39 PM