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Directed by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, The Longest Day leans on a strong ensemble — John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about war titles of 1962.
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The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
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