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The Longest Day Cast & Crew

"THE INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIMED HIT JUST AS IT WAS SHOWN IN THE MAJOR CAPITALS OF THE WORLD!"

PG 1962 · 2h 58m

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Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Ken Annakin , Bernhard Wicki , Andrew Marton

Screenplay

Cornelius Ryan , David Pursall , Romain Gary , James Jones , Jack Seddon

Based on

Cornelius Ryan

Producers

Darryl F. Zanuck

Music

Maurice Jarre

Cinematography

Jean Bourgoin , Walter Wottitz

Editor

Samuel E. Beetley

Casting

Maude Spector

Full cast

138 cast members

Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

Brig. Gen. Norman Cota

Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Flight Officer David Campbell

Leslie Phillips

RAF Officer Mac

Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

U.S. Army Ranger

Wolfgang Büttner

Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel

Maj. Gen. Robert Haines

Madame Barrault

Jean-Louis Barrault

Father Louis Roulland

Pvt. Dutch Schultz

Hans Christian Blech

Maj. Werner Pluskat

Mayor of Colleville

Pvt. John Steele

Fred Dur

U.S. Army Ranger Major

U.S. Army Ranger

Sgt. Kaffekanne

Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.

Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller

Gen. Wolfgang Häger

Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt

Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith

Christian Marquand

Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader

Capt. Colin Maud

Gen. Erich Marcks

Gen. Raymond D. Barton

Wolfgang Preiss

Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel

Madeleine Renaud

Mother Superior

Georges Rivière

Sgt. Guy de Montlaur

Norman Rossington

U.S. Army Ranger

U.S. Army Ranger

Destroyer Commander

Maj. John Howard

U.S. Army Ranger

British Paratrooper

Alexandre Renaud

Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)

Lt. Walsh (uncredited)

Col. Caffey (uncredited)

Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited)

Pvt. Harris (uncredited)

British Soldier (uncredited)

German Soldier (uncredited)

French Commando (uncredited)

Pvt. Coke (uncredited)

British Paratrooper (uncredited)

Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)

Meyer's Aide (uncredited)

Bernard Fresson

French Commando (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Arnold Gelderman

German Guard on Train Track (uncredited)

British Soldier (uncredited)

German Soldier (uncredited)

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited)

Clément Harari

Minor Role (uncredited)

Ruth Hausmeister

Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)

RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)

Manfred Rommel (uncredited)

Walter Horsbrugh

Adm. Creasey (uncredited)

Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited)

British Soldier (uncredited)

Wolfgang Lukschy

Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited)

Camp Cook (uncredited)

Howard Marion-Crawford

Glider Doctor (uncredited)

Canadian Doctor (uncredited)

RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)

Capt. Ernst During (uncredited)

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Cook (uncredited)

Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)

Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)

German Officer with Rupert (uncredited)

Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited)

WRNS Officer (uncredited)

Jean (uncredited)

Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf (uncredited)

Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery (uncredited)

Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller (uncredited)

Alexandre Renaud

Firefighter (uncredited)

Paul Edwin Roth

Col. Schiller (uncredited)

Ernst Schröder

Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)

Dietmar Schönherr

Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)

Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited)

Nicholas Stuart

Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited)

German Officer (uncredited)

Housekeeper (uncredited)

Roland Urban

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited)

US Army Medic (uncredited)

Dominique Zardi

French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)

Man at Resistance HQ (uncredited)

Geoffrey Bayldon

Officer at Eisenhower Briefing (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Charles Bondi

U.S. Army Ranger (uncredited)

Bit Part (uncredited)

Garrett Cassell

Dead Soldier (uncredited)

French Resistance Fighter (uncredited)

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Ronald Callen (uncredited)

Officer on Bridge Behind Destroyer Commander (uncredited)

Zanuck (uncredited)

Michel Duchaussoy

Minor Role (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Janic

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Lt. Richard Todd (uncredited)

US Airman with Bandaged Eye (uncredited)

Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory (uncredited)

German Soldier (uncredited)

Parachutist (uncredited)

US Army Soldier Talking to Gen. Cota (uncredited)

Bit Part (uncredited)

Kurt Pecher

German Commander (uncredited)

Adm. Sir Bertram Ramsay (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

First Landed Paratrooper in Garden (uncredited)

Crew by department

109 crew members

Directing

Darryl F. Zanuck

Assistant Director

Gérard Renateau

Assistant Director

Henry Sokal Jr.

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Second Unit Director

Second Unit Director

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Henry Wise

Second Assistant Director

Writing

Production

Darryl F. Zanuck

Christian Ferry

Production Manager

Associate Producer

Production Manager

Lee Katz

Production Manager

Production Manager

Camera

Vincent Rossell

Still Photographer

Editing

Samuel E. Beetley

Sound

Jacques Maumont

Joseph de Bretagne

William Robert Sivel

Music

Original Music Composer

Art

Property Master

Visual Effects

Special Effects

Special Effects

Special Effects

Special Effects

Special Effects

Special Effects

Joseph de Bretagne

Special Effects

Karl Baumgartner

Special Effects

Special Effects

Special Effects

David S. Horsley

Additional Visual Effects

Fernando Pérez

Special Effects Technician

Paul Wurtzel

Special Effects Technician

Costume & Makeup

Wardrobe Coordinator

Casting

Other

Alexandre Renaud

Stunts

Jean-Pierre Janic

Lillian Michelson

Researcher

Gabriel Béchir

Additional Music

A. J. Hillebrand

Technical Advisor

Albert Saby

Technical Advisor

Script Consultant

E. C. Peake

Technical Advisor

Erich Maria Remarque

Script Consultant

Fernand Prevost

Technical Advisor

Frederick Morgan

Technical Advisor

Friedrich Ruge

Technical Advisor

Günther Blumentritt

Technical Advisor

Helmuth Lang

Technical Advisor

Hubert Deschard

Technical Advisor

Script Consultant

James Gavin

Technical Advisor

Script Consultant

James R. Johnson

Technical Advisor

Jean Barral

Technical Advisor

John Howard

Technical Advisor

Josef Priller

Technical Advisor

Joseph B. Seay

Technical Advisor

Lucie Maria Rommel

Technical Advisor

Max Pemsel

Technical Advisor

Philippe Kieffer

Technical Advisor

Pierre Koenig

Technical Advisor

Roger Bligh

Technical Advisor

Script Supervisor

Script Consultant

The Earl of Lovat

Technical Advisor

Werner Pluskat

Technical Advisor

Willard L. Bushy

Technical Advisor

Additional Photography

Production Illustrator

Additional Photography

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