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The longest day [videorecording] / Twentieth Century Fox presents ; British exterior episodes directed by Ken Annakin ; American exterior episodes directed by Andrew Marton ; German episodes directed by Bernhard Wicki ; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck ; screenplay by Cornelius Ryan

Contributor(s): Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979 | Wayne, John, 1907-1979 | Ryan, Cornelius. Longest day | Annakin, Ken | Marton, Andrew, 1904- | Wicki, Bernhard, 1919- | Albert, Eddie | Barrault, Jean Louis | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 1990Edition: D-Day 60th Anniversary Ed.Description: 2 videodiscs (ca 178 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.Other title: Darryl F. Zanuck's The longest day.Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- DramaDDC classification: 791.4372 Awards: Winner of two Academy Awards: Special effects and Cinematography, 1962.Cast: John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Jean-Louis Barrault, Richard Burton, Red Buttons, Sean Connery, Henry Fonda, Gert Frobe, Curt Jurgens, Peter Lawford, Robert Mitchum, Kenneth More, Edmond O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Jean Servais, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, Paul Anka.Summary: Re-enacts the military operation of D-Day from four points of view--the workings of the high commands of the American, English, French, and German forces in their battle scheme for Normandy. Largely filmed on actual invasion sites in France.
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1962.

Based on the book by Cornelius Ryan.

John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Jean-Louis Barrault, Richard Burton, Red Buttons, Sean Connery, Henry Fonda, Gert Frobe, Curt Jurgens, Peter Lawford, Robert Mitchum, Kenneth More, Edmond O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Jean Servais, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, Paul Anka.

Re-enacts the military operation of D-Day from four points of view--the workings of the high commands of the American, English, French, and German forces in their battle scheme for Normandy. Largely filmed on actual invasion sites in France.

Winner of two Academy Awards: Special effects and Cinematography, 1962.