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"
Henry Fonda
as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
John Wayne
as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum
as Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Robert Ryan
as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Eddie Albert
as Col. Thompson
Paul Anka
as U.S. Army Ranger
Arletty
as Madame Barrault
Jean-Louis Barrault
as Father Louis Roulland
Richard Beymer
as Pvt. Dutch Schultz
Hans Christian Blech
as Maj. Werner Pluskat
Bourvil
as Mayor of Colleville
Richard Burton
as Flying Officer David Campbell
