The Longest Day (film)
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The Longest Day is a 1962 American epic war film based on Cornelius Ryan's 1959 nonfiction book about the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th
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Stuart Whitman
Richard Burton
John Wayne in The Longest Day
John Wayne
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Marion Robert Morrison, known professionally as John Wayne, was an American actor. Nicknamed "Duke", he became a popular icon through his starring roles in films which were produced during Hollywood's
The Longest Day (film)
…Heston, who served in the USAAF during World War II, actively sought the role of Lt. Col. Benjamin H. Vandervoort, but the last-minute decision of John Wayne, who did not serve in the war, to take the role prevented Heston's participation. At 55, Wayne was 28 years older than Vandervoort had been on D-Day…
Wayne c. 1965
The house in Winterset, Iowa, where Wayne was born
Wayne with Marguerite Churchill in the widescreen The Big Trail (1930), his first role as a leading man
Wayne with Evalyn Knapp and Natalie Kingston in His Private Secretary (1933)