D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)

Director:

Henry Koster

Writers:

Ivan Moffat (screenplay) and
Harry Brown (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

29 May 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War

Tagline:

The Greatest Love Story of the War !

Plot:

En route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their romances with the same woman.

Plot Keywords:

Romantic Rivalry | British American Cooperation | World War Two | Nazi | Adultery

Cast

Robert Taylor	...	Capt. Brad Parker
Richard Todd	...	Lt. Col. John Wynter
Dana Wynter	...	Valerie Russell
Edmond O'Brien	...	Lt. Col. Alexander Timmer
John Williams	...	Brig. Russell
Jerry Paris	...	Raymond Boyce
Robert Gist	...	Dan Stenick
Richard Wyler	...	David Archer (as Richard Stapley)
Ross Elliott	...	Maj. Mills
Alex Finlayson	...	Col. Harkens
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Aherne	...	Grainger, Associated Press Correspondent (uncredited)
Parley Baer	...	Sgt. Gerbert (uncredited)
Rama Bai	...	Mala, Russell's Servant (uncredited)
Marie Brown	...	Georgina, Red Cross Worker (uncredited)
Virginia Carroll	...	American Nurse (uncredited)
Fred Coby	...	Medic (uncredited)
Barry Coe	...	Helmsman (uncredited)
Ashley Cowan	...	LCpl. Bailey (uncredited)
John Damler	...	Lt. Col. Ed Cantrell (uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti	...	Coat Room Attendant (uncredited)
Reggie Dvorak	...	Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Douglas Evans	...	Ship Captain (uncredited)
Conrad Feia	...	Lieutenant at Party (uncredited)
Joe J. Garcia	...	Puchani (uncredited)
Paul Glass	...	Randall (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer	...	Cpl. Atkinson (uncredited)
Sam Harris	...	Man on Train (uncredited)
Thomas Browne Henry	...	Gen. Bolthouse (uncredited)
Lillian Kemble-Cooper	...	British Nurse (uncredited)
Queenie Leonard	...	Corporal on Train (uncredited)
Chester Marshall	...	Lt. Clayford Binns (uncredited)
Patricia McMahon	...	Suzette (uncredited)
June Mitchell	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	...	Sgt. Tom Brooks (uncredited)
Gavin Muir	...	Voice of Radio Broadcaster (uncredited)
Damian O'Flynn	...	Gen. Pike (uncredited)
Robert Patten	...	Petty Officer (uncredited)
George Pelling	...	Capt. Waller (uncredited)
Tom Pittman	...	Air Force Officer (uncredited)
Joe Ploski	...	Man on Train (uncredited)
Howard Price	...	American War Correspondent (uncredited)
Jack Raine	...	Officer (uncredited)
Otto Reichow	...	German Captain (uncredited)
Grant Scott	...	Palmer (uncredited)
Mickey Scott	...	Paducci (uncredited)
Reginald Sheffield	...	Hotel Proprietor (uncredited)
Geoffrey Steele	...	Maj. McEwen (uncredited)
Victoria Ward	...	Mrs. Hamilton (uncredited)
Ben Wright	...	Gen. Millensbeck (uncredited)

Directed by
Henry Koster

Writing credits
Ivan Moffat		(screenplay) and
Harry Brown		(screenplay)
Lionel Shapiro		(novel)

Produced by
Charles Brackett	....	producer

Original Music by
Lyn Murray

Cinematography by
Lee Garmes		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
William Mace

Art Direction by
Lewis H. Creber
Lyle R. Wheeler

Set Decoration by
Walter M. Scott
Charles Vassar		(set decorations)

Makeup Department
Ben Nye	....	makeup artist
Helen Turpin	....	hair stylist
Ann Kirk	....	hairdresser (uncredited)
Jack Obringer	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Lee Stanfield	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
William Eckhardt	....	unit manager (uncredited)
Abe Steinberg	....	assistant production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Silver	....	assistant director
Kenneth Kessler	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Don B. Greenwood	....	property master (uncredited)
Sidney H. Greenwood	....	assistant prop man (uncredited)

Sound Department
Eugene Grossman	....	sound
Harry M. Leonard	....	sound
William Edwards	....	recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Ray Kellogg	....	special photographic effects

Stunts
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Roy Clark	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Jack Deerson	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Johnny Greer	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Charles Le Maire	....	executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)
Sam Benson	....	wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)
Sam Benson	....	wardrobe: men (uncredited)
Marjorie Moran	....	wardrobe: women (uncredited)
Theodore R. Parvin	....	wardrobe: men (uncredited)
Nanette Smith	....	wardrobe: women (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Leonard Doss	....	color consultant

Music Department
Maurice De Packh	....	orchestrator (as Maurice de Packh)
Lionel Newman	....	conductor

Other crew
Dan Gilmer	....	technical advisor (as Colonel Dan Gilmer U.S.A.)
Michael Audley	....	dialogue coach (uncredited)
Marshall J. Wolins	....	script supervisor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (presents) (as Twentieth Century-Fox)

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1956) (USA) (theatrical) (released by) (as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation)
• 20th Century Fox (1956) (France) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• U.S. Army  the Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation thanks for its generous cooperation in the production of this motion picture (as the United States Army)
• Bausch & Lomb  CinemaScope Lenses by
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation  Cinemascope is the registered trademark of (as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation ®)

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Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System) | Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (video rating) (1988) (1994) | West Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | USA:Approved (certificate #17873) | Canada:PG (video rating) | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (tv rating)

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

For the D-Day landing, director Henry Koster used only eighty soldiers and two LCVPs (Higgins Boats aka Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel landing craft).

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When the US soldiers are mocking a Home Guard unit drilling nearby they say things like "they haven't even got uniforms". This would appear to be the case as you can see them wearing only LDV (Local Defence Volunteers) armbands on top of their "civvies". This was the case when the force was first formed early in the war (1940) well before the US entered the war after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on December 7th 1941. But by the time the GIs arrived in Britain in 1942 all units of the Home Guard were fully equipped with uniforms, weapons etc.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Teenage Rebel (1956)

Soundtrack:

Serenade in Blue

As bad as they come!

Atrocious wartime romance filmed in widescreen and colour and very typical of its period, (it was made in the mid-fifties). Actually it has nothing very much to do with D-Day, (and it's so awful as to be something of an insult to the men who fought and died then). Rather that's when it begins as two of the men on board one of the ships, an American, (the inexplicably popular Robert Taylor), and a Brit, (the somewhat more charismatic Richard Todd), reminiscence in flashback about the woman they both love, (the beautiful but vacuous Dana Wynter). If it were better made, (it's directed by the monumentally untalented Henry Koster), it might have been tolerable but even by the standards of fifties' romantic tosh this is a real turkey, plucked, stuffed and oven-ready.