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THE LONGEST DAY opens in NY. Directed by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton and Bernhard Wicki. Written by Cornelius Ryan, Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall and Jack Seddon. Based on Ryan's novel. Staggering, vignette-driven recreation of June 6 1944 allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe, featuring 42 international stars - among them John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Sean Connery, Eddie Albert, Richard Burton, Peter Lawford, Rod Steiger, Gert Froebe, Kenneth More and Curd Juegens - in telling cameos. Wins Oscars for Cinematography & Special Effects.
