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