Cast[]
Americans[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Eddie Albert | Colonel Thompson, 29th Infantry Division |
| Paul Anka | U.S. Army Ranger |
| Richard Beymer | Private Arthur 'Dutch' Schultz, 82nd Airborne Division |
| Red Buttons | Private John Steele, 82nd Airborne Division |
| Ray Danton | Captain Frank |
| Fred Dur | U.S. Army Ranger Major |
| Fabian Forte | U.S. Army Ranger |
| Mel Ferrer | Major General Robert Haines |
| Henry Fonda | Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Deputy Commander 4th Infantry Div. |
| Steve Forrest | Captain Harding, 82nd Airborne Division |
| Henry Grace | General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander |
| Peter Helm | Young GI |
| Jeffrey Hunter ( | Sergeant (later Lt.) John H. Fuller |
| Alexander Knox | Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith, SHAEF Chief of Staff |
| Dewey Martin | Private Wilder (role cut from released version) |
| Roddy McDowall | Private Morris, 4th Infantry Division |
| John Meillon | Admiral Alan G. Kirk, Senior U.S. Naval Commander |
| Sal Mineo | Private Martini |
| Robert Mitchum | Brigadier General Norman Cota, Asst. Commander 29th Infantry Div. |
| Edmond O'Brien | Major General Raymond O. Barton, Commander 4th Infantry Div. |
| Ron Randell | Joe Williams |
| Robert Ryan | Brigadier General James M. Gavin, Asst. Commander 82nd Airborne Div. |
| Tommy Sands | U.S. Army Ranger |
| George Segal | U.S. Army Ranger |
| Rod Steiger | Destroyer Commander |
| Nicholas Stuart | Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley, Commander US First Army |
| Tom Tryon | Lieutenant Wilson, 82nd Airborne Division |
| Robert Wagner | U.S. Army Ranger |
| John Wayne | Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort, Commander 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Reg. |
| Stuart Whitman | Lieutenant Sheen, 82nd Airborne Division |
British[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Patrick Barr | Group Captain J.M. Stagg |
| Richard Burton | Flying Officer David Campbell |
| Bryan Coleman | Ronald Callen |
| Sean Connery | Private Flanagan |
| Leslie de Laspee | Private Bill Millin, No. 4 Commando (Piper on Beach) |
| Frank Finlay | Private Coke, 2nd Oxford & Bucks L.I. |
| Leo Genn | Brigadier Edwin P. Parker Jr. |
| Harold Goodwin | Private, 2nd Oxford & Bucks L.I. |
| John Gregson | British military chaplain 6th Airborne Division |
| Donald Houston | RAF pilot at flight base |
| Simon Lack | Air Chief Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Commander Allied Air Forces |
| Peter Lawford | Brigadier Lord Lovat, Commander 1st Special Service Brigade |
| Howard Marion-Crawford | Dr. Vaughan, 2nd Oxford & Bucks L.I. |
| Michael Medwin | Private Watney, 3rd Infantry Division |
| Kenneth More | Capt. Colin Maud Royal Navy beach master |
| Louis Mounier | Air Marshal Arthur William Tedder, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander |
| Leslie Phillips | Royal Air Force officer |
| Trevor Reid | General Bernard Montgomery, Commander Allied Ground Forces |
| John Robinson | Admiral Bertram Ramsay, Commander Allied Naval Forces |
| Norman Rossington | Private Clough |
| Richard Todd | Major John Howard, CO 2nd Oxford & Bucks L.I. |
| Richard Wattis | British Paratrooper officer, 6th Airborne Division |