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CriticCrunch has 4 Ken Annakin titles in its catalog, ranked by quality percentile. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Longest Day.
1969
War · History

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
Dir. Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton · With John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda

After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but soon face a danger even greater than nature: dastardly pirates.
Dir. Ken Annakin · With John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur

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In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?
Dir. Ken Annakin · With Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox

In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp.
Dir. Ken Annakin · With Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan