The Longest Day
1962 · 178 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 60,873 VOTES · DIR. Bernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton, Ken Annakin
Overview
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"
Dialogue Timeline — 1,527 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:26 London calling... with Frenchmen speaking to their countrymen.
00:09:17 Will you still go to Germany as planned?
00:14:07 All over England, in staging areas like this.
00:18:21 Five I take with me to Paris to blow on the broads and wine.
00:23:33 I'm concerned about the placement of our drop zones.
00:28:13 ...but what would happen if they did?
00:33:04 The next time...
00:38:08 You're gonna be landing in the dark.
00:44:13 Here.
00:52:48 Hello! Hello!
00:57:53 I lost.
01:08:25 In this weather?
01:16:36 Go! Go!
01:28:35 - Pass the word. - Right, sir.
01:32:55 Request reluctantly approved.
01:38:48 It's amazing.
01:49:43 ...first and second waves appear pinned down on the beach.
01:56:38 They're going the wrong way.
02:09:42 There ain't no mounts.
02:15:02 Hey, you guys!
02:24:38 It's a tank!
02:30:36 Hello? Hello?
02:35:14 What about your equipment? Those torpedoes work?
02:46:48 Okay, run me up the hill, son.
Cast & Characters
John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Richard Burton
Flight Officer David Campbell
Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Eddie Albert
Col. Thompson
Paul Anka
U.S. Army Ranger
Arletty
Madame Barrault
Jean-Louis Barrault
Father Louis Roulland
Richard Beymer
Pvt. Dutch Schultz
Hans Christian Blech
Maj. Werner Pluskat
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,527
Dialogue density8.6 lines / min
First line00:00:26
Final line02:46:48
Production Record
DirectorBernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton, Ken Annakin
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10,000,000
Revenue$50,100,000
IMDb votes60,873