Cast 115
John Wayne
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Robert Mitchum
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Henry Fonda
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Richard Burton
Flying Officer David Campbell
Sean Connery
Pvt. Flanagan
Leslie Phillips
RAF Officer Mac
Robert Ryan
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Paul Anka
U.S. Army Ranger
Wolfgang Büttner
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Mel Ferrer
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
Ray Danton
Capt. Frank
Peter Lawford
Lord Lovat
Eddie Albert
Col. Thompson
Arletty
Madame Barrault
Jean-Louis Barrault
Father Louis Roulland
Richard Beymer
Pvt. Dutch Schultz
Hans Christian Blech
Maj. Werner Pluskat
Bourvil
Mayor of Colleville
Red Buttons
Pvt. John Steele
Pauline Carton
Maid
Irina Demick
Janine Boitard, a resistance
Fred Dur
U.S. Army Ranger Major
Fabian
U.S. Army Ranger
Steve Forrest
Capt. Harding
Gert Fröbe
Sgt. Kaffekanne
Leo Genn
Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.
John Gregson
British Padre
Paul Hartmann
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
Peter Helm
Young GI
Werner Hinz
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Donald Houston
RAF Pilot
Jeffrey Hunter
Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller
Karl John
Gen. Wolfgang Häger
Curd Jürgens
Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt
Alexander Knox
Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Fernand Ledoux
Louis
Christian Marquand
Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader
Dewey Martin
Sgt. Wilder
Roddy McDowall
Pvt. Morris
Michael Medwin
Pvt. Watney
Sal Mineo
Pvt. Martini
Kenneth More
Capt. Colin Maud
Richard Münch
Gen. Erich Marcks
Edmond O'Brien
Gen. Raymond D. Barton
Wolfgang Preiss
Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
Ron Randell
Joe Williams
Madeleine Renaud
Mother Superior
Georges Rivière
Sgt. Guy de Montlaur
Norman Rossington
Pvt. Clough
Tommy Sands
U.S. Army Ranger
George Segal
U.S. Army Ranger
Jean Servais
RAdm. Janjard
Rod Steiger
Destroyer Commander
Richard Todd
Maj. John Howard
Tom Tryon
Lt. Wilson
Peter van Eyck
Lt. Col. Ocker
Robert Wagner
U.S. Army Ranger
Richard Wattis
British Paratrooper
Stuart Whitman
Lt. Sheen
Georges Wilson
Alexandre Renaud
Patrick Barr
Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)
Lyndon Brook
Lt. Walsh (uncredited)
John Crawford
Col. Caffey (uncredited)
Armin Dahlen
Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited)
Mark Damon
Pvt. Harris (uncredited)
Richard Dawson
British Soldier (uncredited)
Eugene Deckers
German Soldier (uncredited)
Gil Delamare
French Commando (uncredited)
Frank Finlay
Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
Harry Fowler
British Paratrooper (uncredited)
Bernard Fox
Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)
Robert Freitag
Meyer's Aide (uncredited)
Bernard Fresson
French Commando (uncredited)
Lutz Gabor
Minor Role (uncredited)
Arnold Gelderman
German Guard on Train Track (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
British Soldier (uncredited)
Walter Gotell
German Soldier (uncredited)
Henry Grace
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited)
Clément Harari
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ruth Hausmeister
Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)
Jack Hedley
RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
Michael Hinz
Manfred Rommel (uncredited)
Walter Horsbrugh
Adm. Creasey (uncredited)
Til Kiwe
Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited)
Harry Landis
British Soldier (uncredited)
Wolfgang Lukschy
Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited)
Victor Maddern
Camp Cook (uncredited)
Howard Marion-Crawford
Glider Doctor (uncredited)
Neil McCallum
Canadian Doctor (uncredited)
John Meillon
RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
Kurt Meisel
Capt. Ernst During (uncredited)
Gérard Moisan
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Tony Mordente
Cook (uncredited)
Bill Nagy
Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)
Rainer Penkert
Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)
Malte Petzel
German Officer with Rupert (uncredited)
John Phillips
Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited)
Siân Phillips
WRNS Officer (uncredited)
Maurice Poli
Jean (uncredited)
Hartmut Reck
Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf (uncredited)
Trevor Reid
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery (uncredited)
Heinz Reincke
Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller (uncredited)
Alexandre Renaud
Firefighter (uncredited)
Paul Edwin Roth
Col. Schiller (uncredited)
Ernst Schröder
Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)
Dietmar Schönherr
Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)
Heinz Spitzner
Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited)
Nicholas Stuart
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited)
Hans Söhnker
German Officer (uncredited)
Alice Tissot
Housekeeper (uncredited)
Michel Tureau
French Commando (uncredited)
Roland Urban
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Vicco von Bülow
Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited)
Joe Warfield
US Army Medic (uncredited)
Dominique Zardi
French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)
Crew 95
Samuel E. Beetley
Editor
Ken Annakin
Director
Jean Bourgoin
Director of Photography
Bernhard Wicki
Director
Andrew Marton
Director
Cornelius Ryan
Screenplay
Walter Wottitz
Director of Photography
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
Cornelius Ryan
Novel
Maude Spector
Casting
Léon Barsacq
Art Direction
Ted Haworth
Art Direction
Elmo Williams
Associate Producer
Johnny Borgese
Special Effects
Vincent Korda
Art Direction
Gabriel Béchir
Set Designer
Jean Herman
Assistant Director
Gerd Oswald
Second Unit Director
Jack Cooper
Stunts
Yvan Chiffre
Stunts
Gil Delamare
Stunts
Elmo Williams
Second Unit Director
Karl Helmer
Special Effects
Joe Powell
Stunts
Nosher Powell
Stunts
John Sullivan
Stunts
Ian Yule
Stunts
Paul Wurtzel
Special Effects
Alexandre Renaud
Stunts
Jean-Pierre Janic
Stunts
Henry Wise
Second Assistant Director
Henry Sokal Jr.
Assistant Director
Gerald Endler
Special Effects
Augie Lohman
Special Effects
Fernando Pérez
Special Effects
Alex Weldon
Special Effects
Wally Veevers
Visual Effects
Gérard Moisan
Stunts
Joseph de Bretagne
Special Effects
Ken Buckle
Stunts
Lionel Vitrant
Stunts
Karl Baumgartner
Special Effects
R.A. MacDonald
Special Effects
David Pursall
Script Consultant
Romain Gary
Script Supervisor
Guy Tabary
Aerial Camera
John McCorry
Wardrobe Coordinator
David S. Horsley
Additional Visual Effects
Henri Persin
Cinematography
Jack Seddon
Script Consultant
Jean Fouchet
Visual Effects
Vincent Rossell
Still Photographer
Lucie Lichtig
Continuity
Frank Khoury
Driver
Erich Maria Remarque
Script Consultant
Bob Cuff
Matte Painter
Pierre Levent
Cinematography
Romain Gary
Writer
James Jones
Writer
David Pursall
Writer
Jack Seddon
Writer
Mitch Miller
Music Arranger
Jacques Maumont
Sound
William Robert Sivel
Sound
Tom Pevsner
Assistant Director
Bernard Farrel
Assistant Director
Joseph de Bretagne
Sound
Paul Anka
Additional Music
Louis Pitzele
Assistant Director
Josef Priller
Technical Advisor
Lucie Maria Rommel
Technical Advisor
Jean Fouchet
Special Effects
Günther Blumentritt
Technical Advisor
Helmuth Lang
Technical Advisor
Joseph B. Seay
Technical Advisor
E. C. Peake
Technical Advisor
Friedrich Ruge
Technical Advisor
A. J. Hillebrand
Technical Advisor
Fernand Prevost
Technical Advisor
Frederick Morgan
Technical Advisor
Jean Barral
Technical Advisor
James Gavin
Technical Advisor
Albert Saby
Technical Advisor
John Howard
Technical Advisor
Philippe Kieffer
Technical Advisor
The Earl of Lovat
Technical Advisor
Hubert Deschard
Technical Advisor
Gérard Renateau
Assistant Director
Max Pemsel
Technical Advisor
Werner Pluskat
Technical Advisor
Roger Bligh
Technical Advisor
James R. Johnson
Technical Advisor
Pierre Koenig
Technical Advisor
Willard L. Bushy
Technical Advisor