Director: Monroe Robertson
Hours before the largest amphibious assault in history, a small team drops into occupied France with a mission that could decide how the invasion unfolds.
What is 24 Hours To D Day about?
24 Hours to D-Day follows a squad of American Special Forces soldiers parachuted into German-held Normandy on the eve of the Allied landing. Their objective is narrow but critical: reach the designated drop zones undetected and get the guidance beacons running so the 101st Airborne can land where it needs to. Every hour on the ground raises the odds of discovery, and the film tracks the team as they move through hedgerows and patrols, improvising when the plan slips and holding their nerve as the invasion clock counts down. Director Monroe Robertson frames the mission at ground level, favoring close-quarters tension over large-scale battle spectacle, so the stakes stay tied to a handful of soldiers rather than sweeping armies. The result is a compact, mission-driven war film that treats the night before D-Day as its own self-contained ordeal.
Cast & crew
Eric Roberts leads a cast built around the small unit at the center of the mission, with Nick Annunziata, Chris Cleveland, and Andrew Colford filling out the squad. Crew Morrow, Maximilian Schulze, Landon Jacob Lee, and Sam Tankersley round out the soldiers and Axis forces caught in the same overnight scramble.
Context & significance
Made in the United States and released in 2024, the film sits among a steady stream of lower-budget World War II dramas that zero in on a single overnight mission rather than the full scope of a campaign. Focusing on the pathfinder units who prepared the ground ahead of the 101st Airborne gives it a narrower, less-told angle on the D-Day story than the beach-landing films most audiences already know.
Where & how to watch
24 Hours to D-Day is available on K-Time with a free account login; this page can be browsed without signing in. K-Time's Farsi-first design, including Farsi menus and search, makes it straightforward for Persian-speaking viewers to find English-language war dramas like this one within the wider diaspora-focused catalog.