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The Longest Day
5:25 pm - 9:00 pm Thursday, November 5
The Longest Day
Fact-based Second World War drama chronicling the planning and execution of the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, from the differing perspectives of the British, German, French and American forces. Starring Richard Burton, Richard Todd, Kenneth More, Sean Connery, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Curt Jurgens, Roddy McDowall and Rod Steiger
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- Richard Burton — Actor as David Campbell
- John Wayne — Actor as Col Benjamin Vandervoort
- Henry Fonda — Actor as Brig Gen Theodore Roosevelt
- Rod Steiger — Actor as Destroyer commander
- Robert Mitchum — Actor as Brig Gen Norman Cota
- Peter Lawford — Actor as Lord Lovat
- Curt Jurgens — Actor as Maj Gen Gunther Blumentritt
- Roddy McDowall — Actor as Pte Morris
- Kenneth More — Actor as Capt Colin Maud
- Sean Connery — Actor as Pte Flanagan
- Richard Todd — Actor as Maj John Howard
- Ken Annakin — Director
- Andrew Marton — Director
- Bernhard Wicki — Director
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