The Longest Day

1962
US
3h
PG

Directed by: Ken Annakin (British & French exteriors), Andrew Marton (American exteriors), Bernhard Wicki (German episodes), Gerd Oswald (parachute drop), Darryl F Zanuck (uncredited), John Wayne (uncredited)
Cast: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Sean Connery, Curd Jürgens, Richard Burton, Peter Lawford, Rod Steiger, Irina Demick, Gert Fröbe, Edmond O'Brien, Kenneth More
Language: English (British and American scenes), German (German scenes, French (French scenes)

An incredible international line-up of stars and recreation of events on a grand scale makes this retelling of the Normandy invasions one of the most successful war movie epics of all time. Screen legends just keep on appearing amidst an Oscar-winning plethora of special effects and relentlessly pacy cinematography.