The Longest Day is a 3 hour film based on the book written by Cornelius Ryan about the D-day invasion. Filmed in 1962 with a cast of 42 stars like Kenneth More, Richard Todd, Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum, Sean Connery, Henry Fonda, Red Buttons, Leo Genn, Peter Lawford, Gert Frobe, John Wayne, Irina Demick, Curt Jurgens, Paul Anka, Eddie Albert, Mel Ferrer, Steve Forrest, Jeffrey Hunter, Sal Mineo, Edmond O'Brien, George Segal, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner and Stuart Whitman. It was the most expensive black and white picture made until Schindler's List was released.
- Directors: Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Gerd Oswald, Darryl F. Zanuck
The following guns were used in the movie The Longest Day:
Mauser K98k Rifle
Mauser K98 Rifle - 7.92 x 57mm
Sten MkIII SMG
Sten MkIII Sub Machine Gun - 9mm
Chatellerault M1924/29 Light Machine Gun
Chatellerault M1924-29 Light Machine Gun - 7.5 x 54mm
Browning M2 Quad Mount
Browning M2 Heavy Barrel - .50 cal
Luger P08 Pistol
M1 Carbine
Late Model M1 Carbine - .30 Carbine
MG42 Light Machine Gun
German MG42 - 7.92 x 57mm
German manned
MG42 at Saint Mere-Eglise
M1 Thompson
M20 Super Bazooka
M20 Super Bazooka - 3.5inch
Steyr Mannlicher-Schoenauer
Steyr Mannlicher-Schoenauer Carbine - 6.5 x 54mm
Bren Mark I Light Machine Gun
Bren Mark I Light Machine Gun - .303 British
Browning Automatic Rifle
Browning Automatic Rifle - .30-06
MP40
No.4 Mark I Enfield Rifle
No.4 MkI Enfield Rifle - .303 British
Maxim MG08
Maxim MG08 Machine Gun - 7.92 x 57mm
PIAT
PIAT (Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank) - 76mm
Free French Force firing a
PIAT at German position
Browning M2 Heavy Barrel
Browning M2 Heavy Barrel - .50 cal
Webley Mk VI Revolver
Webley Mk VI Revolver - .455 Webley
M1 Rifle
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort (
John Wayne) holding a
M1 Rifle that he is using as a crutch