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Cast
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Henry Fonda | As: Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. |
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John Wayne | As: Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort |
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Robert Mitchum | As: Brig. Gen. Norman Cota |
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Robert Ryan | As: Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin |
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Eddie Albert | As: Col. Thompson |
Storyline
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
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Cast
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Henry Fonda |
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. |
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John Wayne |
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort |
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Robert Mitchum |
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota |
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Robert Ryan |
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin |
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Eddie Albert |
Col. Thompson |
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Paul Anka |
U.S. Army Ranger |
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Arletty |
Madame Barrault |
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Jean-Louis Barrault |
Father Louis Roulland |
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Richard Beymer |
Pvt. Dutch Schultz |
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Hans Christian Blech |
Maj. Werner Pluskat |
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Bourvil |
Mayor of Colleville |
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Richard Burton |
Flying Officer David Campbell |
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Wolfgang Büttner |
Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel |
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Red Buttons |
Pvt. John Steele |
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Pauline Carton |
Maid |
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Sean Connery |
Pvt. Flanagan |
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Ray Danton |
Capt. Frank |
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Irina Demick |
Janine Boitard, a resistance |
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Fred Dur |
U.S. Army Ranger Major |
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Fabian |
U.S. Army Ranger |
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Mel Ferrer |
Maj. Gen. Robert Haines |
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Steve Forrest |
Capt. Harding |
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Gert Fröbe |
Sgt. Kaffekanne |
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Leo Genn |
Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr. |
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John Gregson |
British Padre |
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Paul Hartmann |
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt |
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Peter Helm |
Young GI |
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Werner Hinz |
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel |
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Donald Houston |
RAF Pilot |
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Jeffrey Hunter |
Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller |
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Karl John |
Gen. Wolfgang Häger |
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Curd Jürgens |
Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt |
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Alexander Knox |
Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith |
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Peter Lawford |
Lord Lovat |
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Fernand Ledoux |
Louis |
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Christian Marquand |
Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader |
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Dewey Martin |
Sgt. Wilder |
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Roddy McDowall |
Pvt. Morris |
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Michael Medwin |
Pvt. Watney |
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Sal Mineo |
Pvt. Martini |
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Kenneth More |
Capt. Colin Maud |
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Richard Münch |
Gen. Erich Marcks |
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Edmond O'Brien |
Gen. Raymond D. Barton |
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Leslie Phillips |
RAF Officer Mac |
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Wolfgang Preiss |
Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel |
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Ron Randell |
Joe Williams |
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Madeleine Renaud |
Mother Superior |
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Georges Rivière |
Sgt. Guy de Montlaur |
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Norman Rossington |
Pvt. Clough |
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Tommy Sands |
U.S. Army Ranger |
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George Segal |
U.S. Army Ranger |
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Jean Servais |
RAdm. Janjard |
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Rod Steiger |
Destroyer Commander |
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Richard Todd |
Maj. John Howard |
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Tom Tryon |
Lt. Wilson |
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Peter van Eyck |
Lt. Col. Ocker |
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Robert Wagner |
U.S. Army Ranger |
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Richard Wattis |
British Paratrooper |
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Stuart Whitman |
Lt. Sheen |
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Georges Wilson |
Alexandre Renaud |
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Patrick Barr |
Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited) |
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Lyndon Brook |
Lt. Walsh (uncredited) |
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John Crawford |
Col. Caffey (uncredited) |
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Armin Dahlen |
Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited) |
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Mark Damon |
Pvt. Harris (uncredited) |
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Richard Dawson |
British Soldier (uncredited) |
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Eugene Deckers |
German Soldier (uncredited) |
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Gil Delamare |
French Commando (uncredited) |
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Frank Finlay |
Pvt. Coke (uncredited) |
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Harry Fowler |
British Paratrooper (uncredited) |
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Bernard Fox |
Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited) |
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Robert Freitag |
Meyer's Aide (uncredited) |
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Bernard Fresson |
French Commando (uncredited) |
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Lutz Gabor |
Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Arnold Gelderman |
German Guard on Train Track (uncredited) |
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Harold Goodwin |
British Soldier (uncredited) |
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Walter Gotell |
German Soldier (uncredited) |
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Henry Grace |
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited) |
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Clément Harari |
Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Ruth Hausmeister |
Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited) |
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Jack Hedley |
RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited) |
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Michael Hinz |
Manfred Rommel (uncredited) |
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Walter Horsbrugh |
Adm. Creasey (uncredited) |
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Til Kiwe |
Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited) |
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Harry Landis |
British Soldier (uncredited) |
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Wolfgang Lukschy |
Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited) |
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Victor Maddern |
Camp Cook (uncredited) |
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Howard Marion-Crawford |
Glider Doctor (uncredited) |
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Neil McCallum |
Canadian Doctor (uncredited) |
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John Meillon |
RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited) |
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Kurt Meisel |
Capt. Ernst During (uncredited) |
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Gérard Moisan |
Paratrooper (uncredited) |
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Tony Mordente |
Cook (uncredited) |
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Bill Nagy |
Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited) |
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Rainer Penkert |
Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited) |
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Malte Petzel |
German Officer with Rupert (uncredited) |
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John Phillips |
Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited) |
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Siân Phillips |
WRNS Officer (uncredited) |
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Maurice Poli |
Jean (uncredited) |
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Hartmut Reck |
Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf (uncredited) |
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Trevor Reid |
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery (uncredited) |
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Heinz Reincke |
Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller (uncredited) |
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Alexandre Renaud |
Firefighter (uncredited) |
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Paul Edwin Roth |
Col. Schiller (uncredited) |
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Ernst Schröder |
Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited) |
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Dietmar Schönherr |
Luftwaffe Major (uncredited) |
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Heinz Spitzner |
Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited) |
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Nicholas Stuart |
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited) |
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Hans Söhnker |
German Officer (uncredited) |
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Alice Tissot |
Housekeeper (uncredited) |
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Michel Tureau |
French Commando (uncredited) |
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Roland Urban |
Paratrooper (uncredited) |
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Vicco von Bülow |
Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited) |
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Joe Warfield |
US Army Medic (uncredited) |
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Dominique Zardi |
French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited) |
Directed By
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Ken Annakin |
Director |
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Bernhard Wicki |
Director |
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Andrew Marton |
Director |
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Jean Herman |
Assistant Director |
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Gerd Oswald |
Second Unit Director |
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Elmo Williams |
Second Unit Director |
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Gerd Oswald |
Director |
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Darryl F. Zanuck |
Director |
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Henry Wise |
Second Assistant Director |
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Henry Sokal Jr. |
Assistant Director |
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Romain Gary |
Script Supervisor |
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Lucie Lichtig |
Continuity |
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Tom Pevsner |
Assistant Director |
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Bernard Farrel |
Assistant Director |
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Louis Pitzele |
Assistant Director |
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Gérard Renateau |
Assistant Director |
Writing Credits
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Cornelius Ryan |
Screenplay |
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Cornelius Ryan |
Novel |
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David Pursall |
Script Consultant |
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Jack Seddon |
Script Consultant |
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Erich Maria Remarque |
Script Consultant |
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Romain Gary |
Writer |
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James Jones |
Writer |
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David Pursall |
Writer |
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Jack Seddon |
Writer |
Production Crew
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Darryl F. Zanuck |
Producer |
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Maude Spector |
Casting |
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Elmo Williams |
Associate Producer |
Edited By
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Samuel E. Beetley |
Editor |
Costume and Makeup
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John McCorry |
Wardrobe Coordinator |
Sound
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Maurice Jarre |
Original Music Composer |
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Mitch Miller |
Music Arranger |
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Jacques Maumont |
Sound |
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William Robert Sivel |
Sound |
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Joseph de Bretagne |
Sound |
Visual Effects
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Wally Veevers |
Visual Effects |
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David S. Horsley |
Additional Visual Effects |
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Jean Fouchet |
Visual Effects |
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Bob Cuff |
Matte Painter |
Camera
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Jean Bourgoin |
Director of Photography |
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Walter Wottitz |
Director of Photography |
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Guy Tabary |
Aerial Camera |
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Vincent Rossell |
Still Photographer |
Lighting
Art Department
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Léon Barsacq |
Art Direction |
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Ted Haworth |
Art Direction |
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Vincent Korda |
Art Direction |
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Gabriel Béchir |
Set Designer |
Other Crew
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Johnny Borgese |
Special Effects |
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Jack Cooper |
Stunts |
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Yvan Chiffre |
Stunts |
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Gil Delamare |
Stunts |
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Karl Helmer |
Special Effects |
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Joe Powell |
Stunts |
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Nosher Powell |
Stunts |
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John Sullivan |
Stunts |
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Ian Yule |
Stunts |
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Paul Wurtzel |
Special Effects |
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Alexandre Renaud |
Stunts |
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Jean-Pierre Janic |
Stunts |
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Gerald Endler |
Special Effects |
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Augie Lohman |
Special Effects |
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Fernando Pérez |
Special Effects |
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Alex Weldon |
Special Effects |
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Gérard Moisan |
Stunts |
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Joseph de Bretagne |
Special Effects |
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Ken Buckle |
Stunts |
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Lionel Vitrant |
Stunts |
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Karl Baumgartner |
Special Effects |
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R.A. MacDonald |
Special Effects |
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Henri Persin |
Cinematography |
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Frank Khoury |
Driver |
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Pierre Levent |
Cinematography |
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Paul Anka |
Additional Music |
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Josef Priller |
Technical Advisor |
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Lucie Maria Rommel |
Technical Advisor |
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Jean Fouchet |
Special Effects |
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Günther Blumentritt |
Technical Advisor |
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Helmuth Lang |
Technical Advisor |
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Joseph B. Seay |
Technical Advisor |
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E. C. Peake |
Technical Advisor |
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Friedrich Ruge |
Technical Advisor |
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A. J. Hillebrand |
Technical Advisor |
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Fernand Prevost |
Technical Advisor |
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Frederick Morgan |
Technical Advisor |
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Jean Barral |
Technical Advisor |
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James Gavin |
Technical Advisor |
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Albert Saby |
Technical Advisor |
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John Howard |
Technical Advisor |
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Philippe Kieffer |
Technical Advisor |
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The Earl of Lovat |
Technical Advisor |
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Hubert Deschard |
Technical Advisor |
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Max Pemsel |
Technical Advisor |
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Werner Pluskat |
Technical Advisor |
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Roger Bligh |
Technical Advisor |
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James R. Johnson |
Technical Advisor |
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Pierre Koenig |
Technical Advisor |
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Willard L. Bushy |
Technical Advisor |
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