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Darryl F. Zanuck's legendary war epic [I]The Longest Day[/I] was released in 1962 in B&W and technicolor. It tells the story of the events leading up to D-Day from 4 different sides of the conflict; The United States,United Kingdom/Canada, Nazi Germany and the French Resistance. It was famous for it's cast of legendary actors starring:Kenneth More, Richard Todd (who took part in the actual invasion; his battalion reinforced John Howard's Pegasus Force), Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum, Sean Connery, Henry Fonda, Red Buttons, Leo Genn, Peter Lawford, Gert Fröbe, John Wayne, Irina Demick, Bourvil, Curd Jürgens, Robert Wagner, Paul Anka and Arletty (Léonie Marie Julie Bathiat).
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One of my favorite WW2 films, was on a quest to get the movie on DVD a number of years ago after seeing it on TCM.
Now I have it on Blu-ray and it's amazing.
Everything about it except for the seriously bad John Wayne performance was just fantastic.
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