The Longest Day (1962)

19622h 58mdir. Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. ZanuckUnited Stateswar filmhistorical film

With John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Robert Ryan, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, Paul Anka

Directed by Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck

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The Longest Day is a 1962 American epic war film based on Cornelius Ryan's 1959 nonfiction book about the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century-Fox and was directed by Ken Annakin (British and French exteriors), Andrew Marton (American exteriors), and Bernhard Wicki (German scenes). The screenplay was written by Ryan, with additional material written by Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall, and Jack Seddon.

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