24 Hours to D-Day

Just hours before the D-Day invasion of Normandy, a team of American Special Forces parachutes into German-occupied France. Their mission: avoid capture and activate critical drop zone beacons to guide the 101st Airborne’s assault.

Cast

Eric Roberts

as General Omar Bradley

Nick Annunziata

Chris Cleveland

Andrew Colford

Crew Morrow

as Pvt Vernon Murphy

Maximilian Schulze

as Huber

Landon Jacob Lee

as Pvt Jack Shanahan

Sam Tankersley

as Pvt Frank Carlin

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