The Longest Day (1962)

Storyline

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. Darryl F. Zanuck’s The Longest Day, the classic 1962 Ken Annakin & Andrew Marton World War II (WWII) military D-Day melodrama (‘Based on the book by Cornelius Ryan’; ‘The Internationally acclaimed hit with every thrilling scene intact!’; ‘With 42 International Stars!’; ‘This is the day that changed the world… When the thousand thousands swept the beach… When history held its breath.’; ‘The internationally acclaimed hit just as it was shown in the major capitals of the world!’; ‘Internationally acclaimed!’; ‘Acclaimed throughout the world!’; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring John Wayne, Richard Burton, Red Buttons, Sean Connery, Fabian (the famous teen idol singer of the 1960s), Mel Ferrer, Henry Fonda, Curt Jurgens (originally ‘Curd Jurgens’, but he wisely changed his name when he moved to the U.S.!), Peter Lawford, Dewey Martin, Roddy McDowall (child star who successfully made a transition to playing adult roles), Sal Mineo, Robert Mitchum, Edmond O’Brien, Robert Ryan, George Segal, Rod Steiger, Eddie Albert (best remembered as the star of TV’s ‘Green Acres’), Robert Wagner, Gert Froebe (best remembered as Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond movie ‘Goldfinger’), and Stuart Whitman