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.
00:09:09 General Jodl will see the Führer today...
00:13:55 I am quite sure that they too are impatient and itching to go.
00:17:47 You got a letter for me. Schultz, huh?
00:23:03 - Thank you. - Can I get you coffee?
00:27:28 What's that you're saying?
00:32:18 We've postponed the attack once already.
00:37:02 Let me show you what happens when Rupert...
00:42:34 Pardon me.
00:48:43 Roger and out.
00:56:17 So many key officers are away at the same time.
01:06:24 Anything important?
01:14:40 Thank you, sir.
01:26:42 Of course.
01:30:47 There's no time for any sob stuff about...
01:35:30 Not now.
01:43:18 ...would you tell me where the invasion is?
01:53:53 Stand by to beach.
01:58:02 Look at this. I kept it for you all.
02:11:29 Crawl on my knees to him?!
02:16:09 ...and command the countryside. - And Major Lance?
02:27:12 The 4th Division is off Utah Beach and moving inland.
02:31:51 Hey, Sergeant, where's Major Lance?
02:36:00 - Well, Tom? - We're ready.
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 line02:36:00
Production Record
DirectorBernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton, Ken Annakin
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10,000,000
Revenue$50,100,000
IMDb votes60,873