The Longest Day: Quick Facts

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Lobby card for The Longest Day shows Robert Mitchum as Brigadier General Norman Cota in military uniform, standing on a beach with soldiers and smoke in the background.

Scene from The Longest Day (1962) showing Allied soldiers storming a beach under heavy fire, with explosions and smoke rising during the Normandy Invasion.

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