John Wayne as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

Robert Mitchum as Brig. Gen. Norman Cota

Henry Fonda as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Richard Burton as Flying Officer David Campbell

Sean Connery as Pvt. Flanagan

Leslie Phillips as RAF Officer Mac

Robert Ryan as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

Paul Anka as U.S. Army Ranger

Wolfgang Büttner as Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel

Mel Ferrer as Maj. Gen. Robert Haines

Ray Danton as Capt. Frank

Peter Lawford as Lord Lovat

Eddie Albert as Col. Thompson

Arletty as Madame Barrault

Jean-Louis Barrault as Father Louis Roulland

Richard Beymer as Pvt. Dutch Schultz

Hans Christian Blech as Maj. Werner Pluskat

Bourvil as Mayor of Colleville

Red Buttons as Pvt. John Steele

Pauline Carton as Maid

Irina Demick as Janine Boitard, a resistance

Fred Dur as U.S. Army Ranger Major

Fabian as U.S. Army Ranger

Steve Forrest as Capt. Harding

Gert Fröbe as Sgt. Kaffekanne

Leo Genn as Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.

John Gregson as British Padre

Paul Hartmann as Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt

Peter Helm as Young GI

Werner Hinz as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Donald Houston as RAF Pilot

Jeffrey Hunter as Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller

Karl John as Gen. Wolfgang Häger

Curd Jürgens as Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt

Alexander Knox as Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith

Fernand Ledoux as Louis

Christian Marquand as Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader

Dewey Martin as Sgt. Wilder

Roddy McDowall as Pvt. Morris

Michael Medwin as Pvt. Watney

Sal Mineo as Pvt. Martini

Kenneth More as Capt. Colin Maud

Richard Münch as Gen. Erich Marcks

Edmond O'Brien as Gen. Raymond D. Barton

Wolfgang Preiss as Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel

Ron Randell as Joe Williams

Madeleine Renaud as Mother Superior

Georges Rivière as Sgt. Guy de Montlaur

Norman Rossington as Pvt. Clough

Tommy Sands as U.S. Army Ranger

George Segal as U.S. Army Ranger

Jean Servais as RAdm. Janjard

Rod Steiger as Destroyer Commander

Richard Todd as Maj. John Howard

Tom Tryon as Lt. Wilson

Peter van Eyck as Lt. Col. Ocker

Robert Wagner as U.S. Army Ranger

Richard Wattis as British Paratrooper

Stuart Whitman as Lt. Sheen

Georges Wilson as Alexandre Renaud

Patrick Barr as Group Capt. J.N. Stagg (uncredited)

Lyndon Brook as Lt. Walsh (uncredited)

John Crawford as Col. Caffey (uncredited)

Armin Dahlen as Blumentritt's Adjutant (uncredited)

Mark Damon as Pvt. Harris (uncredited)

Richard Dawson as British Soldier (uncredited)

Eugene Deckers as German Soldier (uncredited)

Gil Delamare as French Commando (uncredited)

Frank Finlay as Pvt. Coke (uncredited)

Harry Fowler as British Paratrooper (uncredited)

Bernard Fox as Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)

Robert Freitag as Meyer's Aide (uncredited)

Bernard Fresson as French Commando (uncredited)

Lutz Gabor as Minor Role (uncredited)

Arnold Gelderman as German Guard on Train Track (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin as British Soldier (uncredited)

Walter Gotell as German Soldier (uncredited)

Henry Grace as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (uncredited)

Clément Harari as Minor Role (uncredited)

Ruth Hausmeister as Frau Maria Rommel (uncredited)

Jack Hedley as RAF Briefing Officer (uncredited)

Michael Hinz as Manfred Rommel (uncredited)

Walter Horsbrugh as Adm. Creasey (uncredited)

Til Kiwe as Capt. Helmuth Lang (uncredited)

Harry Landis as British Soldier (uncredited)

Wolfgang Lukschy as Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (uncredited)

Victor Maddern as Camp Cook (uncredited)

Howard Marion-Crawford as Glider Doctor (uncredited)

Neil McCallum as Canadian Doctor (uncredited)

John Meillon as RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)

Kurt Meisel as Capt. Ernst During (uncredited)

Gérard Moisan as Paratrooper (uncredited)

Tony Mordente as Cook (uncredited)

Bill Nagy as Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)

Rainer Penkert as Lt. Fritz Theen (uncredited)

Malte Petzel as German Officer with Rupert (uncredited)

John Phillips as Roosevelt's Aide (uncredited)

Siân Phillips as WRNS Officer (uncredited)

Maurice Poli as Jean (uncredited)

Hartmut Reck as Sgt. Bernhard Bergsdorf (uncredited)

Trevor Reid as Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery (uncredited)

Heinz Reincke as Col. Josef 'Pips' Priller (uncredited)

Alexandre Renaud as Firefighter (uncredited)

Paul Edwin Roth as Col. Schiller (uncredited)

Ernst Schröder as Gen. Hans von Salmuth (uncredited)

Dietmar Schönherr as Luftwaffe Major (uncredited)

Heinz Spitzner as Lt. Col. Helmuth Meyer (uncredited)

Nicholas Stuart as Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley (uncredited)

Hans Söhnker as German Officer (uncredited)

Alice Tissot as Housekeeper (uncredited)

Michel Tureau as French Commando (uncredited)

Roland Urban as Paratrooper (uncredited)

Vicco von Bülow as Pemsel's Adjutant (uncredited)

Joe Warfield as US Army Medic (uncredited)

Dominique Zardi as French Spitfire Pilot (uncredited)