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Directed by
Ken Annakin (British exterior episodes)
Andrew Marton (American exterior episodes)
Bernhard Wicki (German episodes)
Darryl F. Zanuck (uncredited)
 
Writing credits
Cornelius Ryan (screenplay)

Cornelius Ryan (book)

Romain Gary (additional episodes written by) &
James Jones (additional episodes written by) &
David Pursall (additional episodes written by) &
Jack Seddon (additional episodes written by)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete

Eddie Albert ... Col. Thompson

Paul Anka ... U.S. Army Ranger

Arletty ... Madame Barrault

Jean-Louis Barrault ... Father Louis Roulland

Richard Beymer ... Pvt. Dutch Schultz
Hans Christian Blech ... Maj. Werner Pluskat
Bourvil ... Mayor of Colleville

Richard Burton ... Flying Officer David Campbell
Wolfgang Büttner ... Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel

Red Buttons ... Pvt. John Steele
Pauline Carton ... Maid

Sean Connery ... Pvt. Flanagan

Ray Danton ... Capt. Frank

Irina Demick ... Janine Boitard (as Irina Demich)
Fred Dur ... U.S. Army Ranger major

Fabian ... U.S. Army Ranger

Mel Ferrer ... Maj. Gen. Robert Haines

Henry Fonda ... Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

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 (as Jeff Hunter)
Karl John ... Gen. Wolfgang Hager

Curd Jürgens ... Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt (as Curt Jürgens)

Alexander Knox ... Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith

Peter Lawford ... Lord Lovat

Fernand Ledoux ... Louis
Christian Marquand ... Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer (commando leader)

Dewey Martin ... Pvt. Wilder (scenes deleted)

Roddy McDowall ... Pvt. Morris
Michael Medwin ... Pvt. Watney

Sal Mineo ... Pvt. Martini

Robert Mitchum ... Brig. Gen. Norman Cota

Kenneth More ... Capt. Colin Maud
Richard Münch ... Gen. Erich Marcks

Edmond O'Brien ... Gen. Raymond D. Barton

Leslie Phillips ... RAF Officer Mac

Wolfgang Preiss ... Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
Ron Randell ... Joe Williams
Madeleine Renaud ... Mother Superior
Georges Rivière ... Sgt. Guy de Montlaur (as Georges Riviere)
Norman Rossington ... Pvt. Clough

Robert Ryan ... Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

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 (as Peter Van Eyck)

Robert Wagner ... U.S. Army Ranger
Richard Wattis ... British Paratrooper

Stuart Whitman ... Lt. Sheen
Georges Wilson ... Alexandre Renaud

John Wayne ... Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Daniel Gélin ... Undetermined Role (French Version) (scenes deleted)
Françoise Rosay ... Undetermined Role (French Version) (scenes deleted)
Patrick Barr ... Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)
Michael Beint ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Lyndon Brook ... Lt. Walsh (uncredited)
Lucien Camiret ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Jean Champion ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Bryan Coleman ... Ronald Callen (uncredited)
John Crawford ... Col. Caffey (uncredited)
Jo D'Avra ... French Navy Captain (uncredited)
Mark Damon ... Pvt. Harris (uncredited)

Richard Dawson ... British Soldier (uncredited)
Leslie de Laspee ... Bill Millin - Piper on Beach (uncredited)
Eugene Deckers ... German Soldier (uncredited)
Gil Delamare ... Kieffer's Aide (uncredited)
Colin Drake ... Zanuck (uncredited)
Michel Duchaussoy ... Extra (uncredited)

Frank Finlay ... Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
Harry Fowler ... British Paratrooper (uncredited)

Bernard Fox ... British Soldier (uncredited)
Robert Freitag ... Meyer's Aide (uncredited)
Bernard Fresson ... Kieffer's Aide (uncredited)
Lutz Gabor ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Arnold Gelderman ... German Guard on Traintreck (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin ... British Soldier (uncredited)
Henry Grace ... Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited)
Clément Harari ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Ruth Hausmeister ... Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)
Jack Hedley ... RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)
Michael Hinz ... Manfred Rommel (uncredited)
Walter Horsbrugh ... Adm. Creasey (uncredited)
Patrick Jordan ... British Soldier Talking to Major Howard (uncredited)
Til Kiwe ... Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited)
Mickey Knox ... (uncredited)
Simon Lack ... Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory (uncredited)
Harry Landis ... British Soldier (uncredited)
Rudy Lenoir ... German Soldier (uncredited)
Joseph Lowe ... Ranger at Ponte du Hoc (uncredited)
Wolfgang Lukschy ... Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited)
Victor Maddern ... Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)
Howard Marion-Crawford ... Glider Doctor (uncredited)
Neil McCallum ... Canadian Doctor (uncredited)
Edward Meeks ... (uncredited)

John Meillon ... RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
Kurt Meisel ... Capt. Ernst During (uncredited)
Tony Mordente ... Cook (uncredited)
Louis Mounier ... Sir Arthur William Tedder (uncredited)
Al Mulock ... Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Bill Nagy ... Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)
Kurt Pecher ... German Commander (uncredited)
Rainer Penkert ... Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)
Jack Phillips ... Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited)

Siân Phillips ... WREN (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)
John Robinson ... Adm. Sir Bertram Ramsay (uncredited)
Paul Edwin Roth ... Col. Schiller (uncredited)
Marcel Rouzé ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Ernst Schröder ... Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)
Dietmar Schönherr ... Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)
Heinz Spitzner ... Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited)

Bob Steele ... Paratrooper (uncredited)
Nicholas Stuart ... Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited)
Hans Söhnker ... Deutscher Offizier (uncredited)
Alice Tissot ... Housekeeper (uncredited)
Serge Tolstoy ... German Officer (uncredited)
Lionel Vitrant ... First Landed Paratrooper in a Garden (uncredited)
Vicco von Bülow ... German Officer (uncredited)
Dominique Zardi ... Bit Part (uncredited)
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Produced by
Elmo Williams .... associate producer
Darryl F. Zanuck .... producer
 
Original Music by
Maurice Jarre 
 
Cinematography by
Jean Bourgoin (photography)
Walter Wottitz (photography)
 
Film Editing by
Samuel E. Beetley 
 
Art Direction by
Léon Barsacq  (as Leon Barsacq)
Ted Haworth  (as Ted Aworth)
Vincent Korda 
 
Production Management
Julien Derode .... production manager (uncredited)
Christian Ferry .... production manager (uncredited)
Lee Katz .... production manager (uncredited)
Louis Wipf .... production manager (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bernard Farrel .... assistant director
Tom Pevsner .... assistant director
Louis Pitzele .... assistant director
Gerard Renateau .... assistant director
Jean Herman .... assistant director (uncredited)
Gerd Oswald .... director: parachute drop scene (uncredited)
Gerd Oswald .... second unit director (uncredited)
Henry Sokal Jr. .... assistant director (uncredited)
Elmo Williams .... second unit director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Gabriel Béchir .... set designer (uncredited)
Sam Gordon .... property master (uncredited)
Mentor Huebner .... production illustrator (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Joseph de Bretagne .... sound (as Jo De Bretagne)
Jacques Maumont .... sound
Gene Radzik .... stereo sound consultant: Dolby (2004 5.1 update)
William Robert Sivel .... sound (as William Sivel)
 
Special Effects by
Johnny Borgese .... special effects
Karl Baumgartner .... special effects (uncredited)
Joseph de Bretagne .... special effects (uncredited)
Karl Helmer .... special effects (uncredited)
Augie Lohman .... special effects (uncredited)
Robert MacDonald .... special effects (uncredited)
Alex Weldon .... special effects (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Jean Fouchet .... optical effects
Bob Cuff .... matte painter (uncredited)
David S. Horsley .... additional visual effects (uncredited)
Wally Veevers .... visual effects (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Ken Buckle .... stunts (uncredited)
Yvan Chiffre .... stunts (uncredited)
Jack Cooper .... stunts (uncredited)
Gil Delamare .... stunts (uncredited)
Joe Powell .... stunts (uncredited)
Nosher Powell .... stunts (uncredited)
Alexandre Renault .... stunts (uncredited)
John Sullivan .... stunts (uncredited)
Ian Yule .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Pierre Levent .... cinematographer: incidental photography (uncredited)
Henri Persin .... cinematographer: incidental photography (uncredited)
Vincent Rossell .... still photographer (uncredited)
Guy Tabary .... aerial photographer (uncredited)
 
Casting Department
Maude Spector .... casting: UK
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
John McCorry .... wardrobe (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Paul Anka .... composer: thematic music
Maurice Jarre .... conductor
Mitch Miller .... music arranger: thematic music
 
Other crew
Jean Barral .... technical advisor: France (as Commandant Jean Barral)
Roger Bligh .... technical advisor: USA (as Lt. Col. Roger Bligh)
Günther Blumentritt .... military consultant (as General Günther Blumentritt)
Willard L. Bushy .... technical advisor: USA (as Commander Willard L. Bushy)
Maurice Chauvet .... technical advisor
Hubert Deschard .... technical advisor: France (as Commandant Hubert Deschard)
The Earl of Lovat .... military consultant (as Brigadier The Earl of Lovat D.S.O. M.C.)
James M. Gavin .... military consultant (as Lieutenant General James Gavin)
A.J. Hillebrand .... technical advisor: USA (as Lt. Col. A.J. Hillebrand)
John Howard .... military consultant (as Major John Howard D.S.O. C. de G.)
James R. Johnson .... technical advisor: England (as Col. James R. Johnson D.S.O. O.B.E.)
Philip Kieffer .... military consultant (as Capitaine De Fregate Philippe Kieffer)
Pierre Koenig .... military consultant (as General D'Armee Pierre Koenig)
Helmut Lang .... military consultant (as Captain Helmut Lang)
Frederick Morgan .... military consultant (as General Sir Frederick Morgan)
E.C. Peake .... technical advisor: England (as Lt. Commander E.C. Peake R.N.)
Max Pemsel .... military consultant (as Lieutenant General Max Pemsel)
Werner Pluskat .... military consultant (as Major Werner Pluskat)
Fernand Prevost .... technical advisor: France (as Capitaine Fernand Prevost)
Josef Priller .... military consultant (as Colonel Josef Priller)
Lucie Marie Rommel .... military consultant (as Frau Lucie Maria Rommel)
Friedrich Ruge .... military consultant (as Vice Admiral Friedrich Ruge)
Albert Saby .... technical advisor: France (as Colonel Albert Saby)
Joseph B. Seay .... technical advisor: USA (as Colonel Joseph B. Seay)
Elmo Williams .... coordinator of battle episodes
Gilbert Chomat .... helicopter pilot: additional photography (uncredited)
Romain Gary .... script consultant (uncredited)
Fred Hift .... publicist (uncredited)
Jonny Jendrich .... technical advisor (uncredited)
James Jones .... script consultant (uncredited)
Mickey Knox .... dialogue coach (uncredited)
Lucie Lichtig .... continuity (uncredited)
Colin Maud .... technical advisor (uncredited)
David Pursall .... script consultant (uncredited)
Erich Maria Remarque .... script consultant (uncredited)
Jack Seddon .... script consultant (uncredited)
 

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