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The Longest Day is a 1962 American epic historical war drama film based on Cornelius Ryan's 1959 non-fiction book of the same name [3] about the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944.
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Jun 12, 2021 · I watched this film for the first time today, June 7, 2024, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of D-Day on June 6. It is moving and reminded me of the sacrifices our country and people have made for freedom and liberty for all.
- 178 min
- 36.5K
- pmcavalier2002
The Longest Day: Directed by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck. With Eddie Albert, Paul Anka, Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault. The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
- (60K)
- Action, Drama, History
- Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald
- 1962-10-04
The Longest Day. In 1944, the U.S. Army and Allied forces plan a huge invasion landing in Normandy, France. Despite bad weather, General Eisenhower gives the okay and the Allies land at...
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- Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
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- John Wayne
Sep 28, 2021 · The Longest Day is a 1962 war movie based on the book of Cornelius Ryan of the same name. The movie is filmed in a docudrama style and narrates the key events of the first day of the D-Day Landings on June 6th, 1944.
Airborne glider infantry are landed near the key site of the Orne River Bridge. Then, at dawn, the full Allied might is unleashed as 150,000 troops, backed up by 5,000 transport and fighter vessels, storm the three major Normandy beachheads of Juno, Omaha, and Utah.
Jul 15, 2024 · The Longest Day is a 1962 war film that chronicles the D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, from both the Allied and German perspectives. The ensemble cast includes John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, and Richard Burton, among others.