The Longest Day (1962)
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"
Directors:
Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki.
Writer:
Cornelius Ryan
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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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Henry Fonda as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. |
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Richard Burton as Flight Officer David Campbell |
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Sean Connery as Pvt. Flanagan |
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Leslie Phillips as RAF Officer Mac |
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Robert Ryan as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin |
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Paul Anka as U.S. Army Ranger |
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Wolfgang Büttner as Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel |
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Mel Ferrer as Maj. Gen. Robert Haines |
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Ray Danton as Capt. Frank |
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Peter Lawford as Lord Lovat |
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Eddie Albert as Col. Thompson |
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Arletty as Madame Barrault |
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Jean-Louis Barrault as Father Louis Roulland |
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Richard Beymer as Pvt. Dutch Schultz |
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Hans Christian Blech as Maj. Werner Pluskat |
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Bourvil as Mayor of Colleville |
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Red Buttons as Pvt. John Steele |
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Pauline Carton as Maid |
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Irina Demick as Janine Boitard |
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Fred Dur as U.S. Army Ranger Major |
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Fabian as U.S. Army Ranger |
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Steve Forrest as Capt. Harding |
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Gert Fröbe as Sgt. Kaffekanne |
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Leo Genn as Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr. |
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John Gregson as British Padre |
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Paul Hartmann as Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt |
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Peter Helm as Young GI |
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Werner Hinz as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel |
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Donald Houston as RAF Pilot |
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Jeffrey Hunter as Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller |
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Karl John as Gen. Wolfgang Häger |
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Curd Jürgens as Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt |
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Alexander Knox as Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith |
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Fernand Ledoux as Louis |
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Christian Marquand as Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader |
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Dewey Martin as Sgt. Wilder |
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Roddy McDowall as Pvt. Morris |
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Michael Medwin as Pvt. Watney |
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Sal Mineo as Pvt. Martini |
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Kenneth More as Capt. Colin Maud |
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Richard Münch as Gen. Erich Marcks |
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Edmond O'Brien as Gen. Raymond D. Barton |
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Wolfgang Preiss as Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel |
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Ron Randell as Joe Williams |
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Madeleine Renaud as Mother Superior |
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Georges Rivière as Sgt. Guy de Montlaur |
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Norman Rossington as Pvt. Clough |
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Tommy Sands as U.S. Army Ranger |
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George Segal as U.S. Army Ranger |
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Jean Servais as RAdm. Janjard |
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Rod Steiger as Destroyer Commander |
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Richard Todd as Maj. John Howard |
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Tom Tryon as Lt. Wilson |
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Peter van Eyck as Lt. Col. Ocker |
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Robert Wagner as U.S. Army Ranger |
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Richard Wattis as British Paratrooper |
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Stuart Whitman as Lt. Sheen |
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Georges Wilson as Alexandre Renaud |
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Patrick Barr as Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited) |
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Lyndon Brook as Lt. Walsh (uncredited) |
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John Crawford as Col. Caffey (uncredited) |
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Armin Dahlen as Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited) |
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Mark Damon as Pvt. Harris (uncredited) |
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Richard Dawson as British Soldier (uncredited) |
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Eugene Deckers as German Soldier (uncredited) |
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Gil Delamare as French Commando (uncredited) |
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Frank Finlay as Pvt. Coke (uncredited) |
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Harry Fowler as British Paratrooper (uncredited) |
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Bernard Fox as Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited) |
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Robert Freitag as Meyer's Aide (uncredited) |
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Bernard Fresson as French Commando (uncredited) |
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Lutz Gabor as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Arnold Gelderman as German Guard on Train Track (uncredited) |
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Harold Goodwin as British Soldier (uncredited) |
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Walter Gotell as German Soldier (uncredited) |
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Henry Grace as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited) |
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Clément Harari as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Ruth Hausmeister as Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited) |
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Jack Hedley as RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited) |
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Michael Hinz as Manfred Rommel (uncredited) |
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Walter Horsbrugh as Adm. Creasey (uncredited) |
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Til Kiwe as Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited) |
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Harry Landis as British Soldier (uncredited) |
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Wolfgang Lukschy as Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited) |
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Victor Maddern as Camp Cook (uncredited) |
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Howard Marion-Crawford as Glider Doctor (uncredited) |
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Neil McCallum as Canadian Doctor (uncredited) |
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John Meillon as RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited) |
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Kurt Meisel as Capt. Ernst During (uncredited) |
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Gérard Moisan as Paratrooper (uncredited) |
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Tony Mordente as Cook (uncredited) |
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Bill Nagy as Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited) |
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Rainer Penkert as Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited) |
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Malte Petzel as German Officer with Rupert (uncredited) |
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John Phillips as Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited) |
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Siân Phillips as WRNS Officer (uncredited) |
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Maurice Poli as Jean (uncredited) |
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Hartmut Reck as Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf (uncredited) |
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Trevor Reid as Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery (uncredited) |
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Heinz Reincke as Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller (uncredited) |
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Alexandre Renaud as Firefighter (uncredited) |
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Paul Edwin Roth as Col. Schiller (uncredited) |
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Ernst Schröder as Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited) |
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Dietmar Schönherr as Luftwaffe Major (uncredited) |
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Heinz Spitzner as Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited) |
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Nicholas Stuart as Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited) |
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Hans Söhnker as German Officer (uncredited) |
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Alice Tissot as Housekeeper (uncredited) |
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Michel Tureau as French Commando (uncredited) |
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Roland Urban as Paratrooper (uncredited) |
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Loriot as Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited) |
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Joe Warfield as US Army Medic (uncredited) |
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Dominique Zardi as French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited) |
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Yves Barsacq as Man at Resistance HQ (uncredited) |
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Geoffrey Bayldon as Officer at Eisenhower Briefing (uncredited) |
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Michael Beint as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Charles Bondi as U.S. Army Ranger (uncredited) |
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Lucien Camiret as Bit Part (uncredited) |
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Garrett Cassell as Dead Soldier (uncredited) |
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Jean Champion as French Resistance Fighter (uncredited) |
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Yvan Chiffre as Paratrooper (uncredited) |
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Bryan Coleman as Ronald Callen (uncredited) |
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Gary Collins as Officer on Bridge Behind Destroyer Commander (uncredited) |
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Colin Drake as Zanuck (uncredited) |
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Michel Duchaussoy as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Jean-Pierre Janic as Paratrooper (uncredited) |
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Patrick Jordan as Lt. Richard Todd (uncredited) |
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Mickey Knox as US Airman with Bandaged Eye (uncredited) |
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Simon Lack as Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory (uncredited) |
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Rudy Lenoir as German Soldier (uncredited) |
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Guy Marchand as Parachutist (uncredited) |
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Edward Meeks as US Army Soldier Talking to Gen. Cota (uncredited) |
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Al Mulock as Bit Part (uncredited) |
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Kurt Pecher as German Commander (uncredited) |
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John Robinson as Adm. Sir Bertram Ramsay (uncredited) |
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Marcel Rouzé as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Lionel Vitrant as First Landed Paratrooper in Garden (uncredited) |
| Directing | Ken Annakin | Director |
| Directing | Andrew Marton | Director |
| Writing | Cornelius Ryan | Screenplay |
| Production | Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
| Sound | Maurice Jarre | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jean Bourgoin | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Walter Wottitz | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Samuel E. Beetley | Editor |
| Writing | Cornelius Ryan | Novel |
| Directing | Bernhard Wicki | Director |
| Production | Maude Spector | Casting |
| Art | Léon Barsacq | Art Direction |
| Art | Ted Haworth | Art Direction |
| Art | Vincent Korda | Art Direction |
| Production | Elmo Williams | Associate Producer |
| Art | Gabriel Béchir | Set Designer |
| Directing | Henry Wise | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jean Herman | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Gerd Oswald | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Henry Sokal Jr. | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Elmo Williams | Second Unit Director |
| Crew | Karl Baumgartner | Special Effects |
| Crew | Joseph de Bretagne | Special Effects |
| Crew | Gerald Endler | Special Effects |
| Crew | Karl Helmer | Special Effects |
| Crew | Augie Lohman | Special Effects |
| Crew | R.A. MacDonald | Special Effects |
| Crew | Alex Weldon | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Wally Veevers | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Ken Buckle | Stunts |
| Crew | Yvan Chiffre | Stunts |
| Crew | Jack Cooper | Stunts |
| Crew | Gil Delamare | Stunts |
| Crew | Jean-Pierre Janic | Stunts |
| Crew | Gérard Moisan | Stunts |
| Crew | Joe Powell | Stunts |
| Crew | Nosher Powell | Stunts |
| Crew | Alexandre Renaud | Stunts |
| Crew | John Sullivan | Stunts |
| Crew | Lionel Vitrant | Stunts |
| Crew | Ian Yule | Stunts |
| Visual Effects | Jean Fouchet | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Bob Cuff | Matte Painter |
| Visual Effects | David S. Horsley | Additional Visual Effects |
| Camera | Vincent Rossell | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Guy Tabary | Aerial Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | John McCorry | Wardrobe Coordinator |
| Directing | Romain Gary | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Lucie Lichtig | Continuity |
| Writing | David Pursall | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Erich Maria Remarque | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Jack Seddon | Script Consultant |
| Crew | Frank Khoury | Driver |
| Writing | Romain Gary | Writer |
| Writing | James Jones | Writer |
| Writing | David Pursall | Writer |
| Writing | Jack Seddon | Writer |
| Crew | Paul Anka | Additional Music |
| Sound | Mitch Miller | Music Arranger |
| Sound | Joseph de Bretagne | Sound |
| Sound | Jacques Maumont | Sound |
| Sound | William Robert Sivel | Sound |
| Directing | Bernard Farrel | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tom Pevsner | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Louis Pitzele | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Gérard Renateau | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Jean Fouchet | Special Effects |
| Crew | Günther Blumentritt | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | James Gavin | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | John Howard | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Philippe Kieffer | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Pierre Koenig | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Helmuth Lang | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | The Earl of Lovat | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Frederick Morgan | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Max Pemsel | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Werner Pluskat | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Josef Priller | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Lucie Maria Rommel | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Friedrich Ruge | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Jean Barral | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Roger Bligh | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Willard L. Bushy | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Hubert Deschard | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | A. J. Hillebrand | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | James R. Johnson | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Fernand Prevost | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | E. C. Peake | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Albert Saby | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Joseph B. Seay | Technical Advisor |
| Production | Julien Derode | Production Manager |
| Production | Christian Ferry | Production Manager |
| Production | Lee Katz | Production Manager |
| Production | Louis Wipf | Production Manager |
| Directing | Gerd Oswald | Co-Director |
| Directing | Darryl F. Zanuck | Co-Director |
| Art | Mentor Huebner | Production Illustrator |
| Crew | Johnny Borgese | Special Effects |
| Crew | Hal Millar | Special Effects |
| Crew | Fernando Pérez | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | Paul Wurtzel | Special Effects Technician |
| Camera | Pierre Levent | Additional Photography |
| Camera | Henri Persin | Additional Photography |
| Sound | Maurice Jarre | Conductor |
| Writing | Romain Gary | Script Consultant |
| Writing | James Jones | Script Consultant |
| Art | Sam Gordon | Property Master |
| Crew | Mickey Knox | Dialogue Coach |
| Production | Lillian Michelson | Researcher |
