D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)

Directed by

Henry Koster

Genre

drama film, war film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A love story set during World War II follows an American officer and a British woman who fall in love before the Normandy invasion. The film also shows the experiences of soldiers preparing for the D-Day landings.

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What happens

D-Day the Sixth of June is a 1956 American DeLuxe Color CinemaScope romance war film made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Henry Koster and produced by Charles Brackett from a screenplay by Ivan Moffat and Harry Brown, based on the 1955 novel, The Sixth of June by Lionel Shapiro. The film stars Robert Taylor, Richard Todd (who participated in the Normandy landings in real life), Dana Wynter, and Edmond O'Brien. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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