THE LONGEST DAY (1962) ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum,
Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Richard Todd,
Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Eddie Albert,
Rod Steiger, George Segal, Mel Ferrer, Sal Mineo,
Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Stuart Whitman,
Curt Jürgens, Gert Fröbe, Red Buttons, Leo Genn,
Peter Lawford, Roddy McDowell, Alexander Knox
Darryl Zanuck's painstaking recreation of D-Day, based on Cornelius Ryan's book, works on an epic scale as well as an intimate one, capturing both the vast scope of the invasion and the individual heroism of its participants. Strikingly shot in black and white, with cameo appearances by just about everybody. Invite your friends over, put this on, and play a three-hour game of spot-the-stars. It's a real good movie, besides.
Richard Todd
(1919-2009)
