Movies Like The Longest Day: Genre and Cast Guide

The Longest Day (1962) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. THE INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIMED HIT JUST AS IT WAS SHOWN IN THE MAJOR CAPITALS OF THE WORLD!

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

John Wayne as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort; Robert Mitchum as Brig. Gen. Norman Cota; Henry Fonda as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.; Richard Burton as Flight Officer David Campbell; Sean Connery as Pvt. Flanagan; Leslie Phillips as RAF Officer Mac; Robert Ryan as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin; Paul Anka as U.S. Army Ranger

About The Longest Day

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"

More like The Longest Day

• Overlord
• The Great Escaper
• The Guns of Navarone
• Dunkirk
• Battleground
• Greyhound
• Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
• The Young Lions

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