D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Henry Koster

Writers:

Lionel Shapiro (novel)
Ivan Moffat (writer) ...

Release Date:

29 May 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | War | Drama | Action

Tagline:

The Greatest Love Story of the War !

Plot:

En route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their romances with the same woman.

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Romantic Rivalry | Heroism | British American Cooperation | Self Sacrifice

Cast

Robert Taylor	...	Capt. Brad Parker
Richard Todd	...	Lt. Col. John Wynter
Dana Wynter	...	Valerie Russell
Edmond O'Brien	...	Lt. Col. Alexander Timmer
John Williams	...	Brig. Russell
Jerry Paris	...	Raymond Boyce
Robert Gist	...	Dan Stenick
Richard Wyler	...	David Archer (as Richard Stapley)
Ross Elliott	...	Maj. Mills
Alex Finlayson	...	Col. Harkens

Also Known As:

D-Day the 6th of June (International: English title) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (magnetic prints) | Mono (optical prints)

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | West Germany:12

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Average Shot Length (ASL) = 13 seconds. Or 18 seconds if the battle sequence near the end is excluded.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: On the landing craft assaulting Angel Point, an LCI officer asks Captain Parker how long he has been overseas, to which he replies "Three years and three months". If this is 6 June 1944, then Parker has been overseas since April 1941 - eight months before America entered the war.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Teenage Rebel (1956)

Soundtrack:

I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo

D-DAY THE SIXTH OF JUNE (Henry Koster, 1956) **1/2

Another big-budget WWII adventure, filmed in color and widescreen by Fox in the '50s - and a misleadingly titled one, as it barely concerns the crucial 1944 Normandy invasion it references (not surprisingly Fox returned to this subject, and tackled it much more comprehensively, in THE LONGEST DAY [1962])! As a matter of fact, the film's one genuine battle sequence, while quite well done, occurs only after having gone through some 80 minutes of incessant talk; the bulk of this footage is devoted to a romantic triangle, told in lengthy flashbacks, which comprises American Robert Taylor and Brits Richard Todd and Dana Wynter, plus a rather irrelevant subplot involving maverick Colonel Edmond O'Brien! That said, the film is glossily proficient and remains highly watchable as the kind of unassuming entertainment turned out on a general basis by Hollywood in its heyday...