The longest day [videorecording] / Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, Inc. & Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. ; 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 ; additional episodes written by Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall & Jack Seddon.

Arletty, 1898-1992 (actor.). Bourvil, 1917-1970 (actor.). Fabian, 1943- (actor.). Albert, Eddie, (actor.). Anka, Paul, (actor,, composer (expression)). Annakin, Ken, (film director.). Büttner, Wolfgang, 1912-1990 (actor.). Barrault, Jean-Louis, 1910-1994 (actor.). Beetley, Samuel E. (film editor.). Beymer, Richard, 1939- (actor.). Blech, Hans Christian, 1925-1993 (actor.). Bourgoin, Jean, 1913-1991 (director of photography.). Burton, Richard, 1925-1984 (actor.). Buttons, Red, 1919-2006 (actor.). Carton, Pauline, 1884-1974 (actor.). Connery, Sean, (actor.). Dür, Fred, (actor.). Danton, Ray, 1931-1992 (actor.). Demick, Irina, (actor.). Eyck, Peter van, 1911-1969 (actor.). Ferrer, Mel, (actor.). Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982 (actor.). Forrest, Steve, 1925-2013 (actor.). Fröbe, Gert, 1913-1988 (actor.). Gary, Romain, (screenwriter.). Genn, Leo, 1905-1978 (actor.). Gregson, John, 1919-1975 (actor.). Hartmann, Paul, 1889-1977 (actor.). Helm, Peter, 1941- (actor.). Hinz, Werner, 1903-1985 (actor.). Houston, Donald, 1923-1991 (actor.). Hunter, Jeffrey, 1925-1969 (actor.). Jürgens, Curd, 1915-1982 (actor.). Jarre, Maurice, (composer (expression)). John, Karl, (actor.). Jones, James, 1921-1977 (screenwriter.). Knox, Alexander, (actor.). Lawford, Peter, 1923-1984 (actor.). Ledoux, Fernand, 1897-1993 (actor.). Marquand, Christian, 1927-2000 (actor.). Martin, Dewey, 1923- (actor.). Marton, Andrew, 1904-1992 (film director.). McDowall, Roddy, (actor.). Medwin, Michael, 1923- (actor.). Miller, Mitch, (arranger of music.). Mineo, Sal, 1939-1976 (actor.). Mitchum, Robert, (actor.). More, Kenneth, 1914-1982 (actor.). Munch, Richard, (actor.). O'Brien, Edmond, 1915-1985 (actor.). Phillips, Leslie, 1924-2022 (actor.). Preiss, Wolfgang, 1910-2002 (actor.). Pursall, David, (screenwriter.). Randell, Ron, 1918-2005 (actor.). Renaud, Madeleine, 1900-1994 (actor.). Rivière, Georges, 1920- (actor.). Rossington, Norman, 1928-1999 (actor.). Ryan, Cornelius, (screenwriter.). Ryan, Cornelius. Adaptation of (work): Longest day, June 6, 1944. (Added Author). Ryan, Robert, 1909-1973 (actor.). Sands, Tommy, 1937- (actor.). Seddon, Jack, 1924-2001 (screenwriter.). Segal, George, (actor.). Servais, Jean, 1910-1976 (actor.). Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002 (actor.). Todd, Richard, 1919-2009 (actor.). Tryon, Thomas, (actor.). Wagner, Robert, 1930- (actor.). Wattis, Richard, (actor.). Wayne, John, 1907-1979 (actor.). Whitman, Stuart, (actor.). Wilson, Georges, (actor.). Wottitz, Walter, (director of photography.). Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979 (film producer.). Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, (production company.). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. (film distributor.). Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, (production company.). Eddie Albert, Paul Anka, Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Richard Beymer, Hans Christian Blech, Bourvil, Richard Burton, Wolfgang Büttner, Red Buttons, Pauline Carton, Sean Connery, Ray Danton, Irina Demich, Fred Dür, Fabian, Mel Ferrer, Henry Fonda, Steve Forrest, Gert Fröbe, Leo Genn, John Gregson, Paul Hartmann, Peter Helm, Werner Hinz, Donald Houston, Jeff Hunter, Karl John, Curt Jürgens, Alexander Knox, Peter Lawford, Fernand Ledoux, Christian Marquand, Dewey Martin, Roddy McDowall, Michael Medwin, Sal Mineo, Robert Mitchum, Kenneth More, Richard Münch, Edmond O'Brien, Leslie Phillips, Wolfgang Preiss, Ron Randell, Madeleine Renaud, Georges Riviere, Norman Rossington, Robert Ryan, Tommy Sands, George Segal, Jean Servais, Rod Steiger, Richard Todd, Tom Tryon, Peter Van Eyck, Robert Wagner, Richard Wattis, Stuart Whitman, Georges Wilson, John Wayne. (Cast).

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.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 178 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Beverly Hills, California : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2001]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the book by Cornelius Ryan. Extra features: original movie trailer. Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Thematic music by Paul Anka ; arrangement by Mitch Miller ; musical score composed and conducted by Maurice Jarre ; photography, Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz ; art directors, Ted Aworth, Leon Barsacq, Vincent Korda ; editor, Samuel E. Beetley.
Participant or Performer Note:	Eddie Albert, Paul Anka, Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Richard Beymer, Hans Christian Blech, Bourvil, Richard Burton, Wolfgang Büttner, Red Buttons, Pauline Carton, Sean Connery, Ray Danton, Irina Demich, Fred Dür, Fabian, Mel Ferrer, Henry Fonda, Steve Forrest, Gert Fröbe, Leo Genn, John Gregson, Paul Hartmann, Peter Helm, Werner Hinz, Donald Houston, Jeff Hunter, Karl John, Curt Jürgens, Alexander Knox, Peter Lawford, Fernand Ledoux, Christian Marquand, Dewey Martin, Roddy McDowall, Michael Medwin, Sal Mineo, Robert Mitchum, Kenneth More, Richard Münch, Edmond O'Brien, Leslie Phillips, Wolfgang Preiss, Ron Randell, Madeleine Renaud, Georges Riviere, Norman Rossington, Robert Ryan, Tommy Sands, George Segal, Jean Servais, Rod Steiger, Richard Todd, Tom Tryon, Peter Van Eyck, Robert Wagner, Richard Wattis, Stuart Whitman, Georges Wilson, John Wayne.
Target Audience Note:	Rated G.
System Details Note:	DVD; NTSC, region 1; widscreen format (aspect ratio 2.35:1); Dolby Digital surround 5.0.
Language Note:	English (5.0 surround, Dolby surround) or French (Dolby surround) language soundtrack with optional subtitles in English and Spanish ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.