With a star-studded cast including Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, and Sean Connery, what was Wayne's WWII epic?
Answer The Longest Day
Packed with big-hitters, also including Richard Burton and Irina Demick, 1962's The Longest Day sees D-Day unfold from both the perspectives of the Axis and Allied Powers. Wayne stars in the real-person role of Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin H. Vandervoort. Although it received an Academy Award Best Picture nomination, the film lost out to Lawrence of Arabia.
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