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D-Day, the Sixth of June
 
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D-Day, the Sixth of June (1956)

Starring: Robert Taylor, Richard Todd Director: Henry Koster Rating: NR (Not Rated) Format: DVD
2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)


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  • Actors: Robert Taylor, Richard Todd, Dana Wynter, Edmond O'Brien, John Williams
  • Directors: Henry Koster
  • Writers: Harry Brown, Ivan Moffat, Lionel Shapiro
  • Producers: Charles Brackett
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Dolby Digital 4.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rating: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox
  • DVD Release Date: May 21, 2002
  • Run Time: 106 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000063URY
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #99,225 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
  • For more information about "D-Day, the Sixth of June" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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D-Day the Sixth of June is a misleading title for a very tame wartime romance with barely 10 minutes of combat in the last reel. What we mostly get is a year's worth of flashbacks depicting the reluctant, London-based affair of a married U.S. staff officer (Robert Taylor) and a British Red Cross worker (Dana Wynter) whose commando suitor (Richard Todd) is fighting in Africa. To be sure, the emotional desperation and embattled decency of good people in time of war is as worthy of film treatment as any military campaign, and the script works preinvasion Anglo-American tensions into the story. But the CinemaScope production is utterly formulaic, with leaden direction by Henry Koster. Wynter's porcelain beauty apparently didn't permit changes of expression, and Taylor looks about 15 years past his prime. On the plus side, the DVD serves up Lee Garmes's pleasantly pastel Deluxe Color with commendable crispness. --Richard T. Jameson


Product Description

Robert Taylor portrays an American officer on the front lines of the massive Allied landing, whose special commando unit must destroy a key German gun position. But for Capt. Parker (Taylor), the mission is also fraught with personal complications because he and his commander (Richard Todd) are in love with the same woman (Dana Wynter). Featuring Edmond O'Brien, and building to a stirring climax on the beaches of Normandy, D-Day The Sixth Of June is a moving story of courage and sacrifice both on and off the battlefield.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Formulaic love triangle amid wartorn London, July 10, 2002
By Carl Rossini (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
The title of this movie is deceptive advertising, the war is a backdrop to a very predictable love triangle. There is about 15 minutes of decent action which recreates (but does not credit)the Point du Hoc battle. Robert Tayor is sincere but 10 years to old to be a Captain leading troops in 1946. Dana Wynter is pretty enough to inspire two manly suitors but oddly doesn't seem to have any real passionate feelings for either. The brit commando third of this triangle is likable but out of the picture for all but a few minutes at the beginning and at the end. In short, a chic flic spun with a not very compelling tried and true wartime love triangle. Solid actors try but fail with mediocre material.
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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Formula '50's romance/adventure, April 13, 2000
By "comtad" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
If you're expecting anything like "Saving Private Ryan" or "The Longest Day," you've come to the wrong film. This film focuses primarily on the love interests of Todd and Taylor for Dana Wynter (a rather lovely Dana at That). The second world war focuses primarily as a backdrop.

The film takes place in England and the English are stereotyped as American loathers and ingrates. This is admittedly hard for the viewer to stomach. We are also treated to a mundane script which doesn't give the good ol' boys (Richard Todd, Robert Taylor, Jerry Paris) much to chew on.

The film redeems itself somewhat in the end with an excellent although short pre-invasion landing on one of Normandy's beaches by American and British troops. The battle sequences are effective and very convincing as the group attempts to knock out a bunker complex.

In true Hollywood fashion, the film concludes with Dana Wynter fading into the sunset, having lost both her loves, one at the Normandy landing, the other through mutual self-righteousness. There's nothing to sink your teeth into here, but if you like candy coated versions of war, this is a good place to start.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Is This a War Movie or A Love Story??!, August 16, 2002
By C. Einhorn "henryeinhorn" (Lakewood, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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Disapointing. I was looking forward to a good action movie, but most of the movie is a love story, and the movie only gets to D-Day at the very end. The title is misleading.
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5.0 out of 5 stars ....D-DAY....THE ...SIXTH....OF...JUNE, 1944.....
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Published on January 30, 2007 by Kenneth Scheffler

2.0 out of 5 stars Three handkerchief weepie
You've got to feel a little sad for Dana in this one. Her American lover went home to his wife; her English lover trod on a bomb; and her father shot himself. Read more
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