A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
The greatest high adventure ever filmed!
Director: J. Lee Thompson · Writer: Carl Foreman
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
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Gregory Peck
Capt. Keith Mallory
David Niven
Cpl. John Anthony Miller
Anthony Quinn
Col. Andrea Stavros
Stanley Baker
Pvt. 'Butcher' Brown
Anthony Quayle
Maj. Roy Franklin
James Darren
Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos
Irene Papas
Maria Pappadimos
Gia Scala
Anna
James Robertson Justice
Commodore Jensen / Prologue Narrator
Richard Harris
Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF
Bryan Forbes
Cohn
Allan Cuthbertson
Maj. Baker
Biffo - Bammo - Boffo! A team of army specialists are assembled with the task of infiltrating a German held Greek island. Then they have to destroy the mighty twin guns up in the hills that blight the British operations on the Aegean waters. Adapted from the Alistair MacLean novel, it's directed by J. Lee Thompson and stars Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle, Stanley Baker and James Darren. Music is scored by Dimitri Tiomkin and cinematography by Oswald Morris. Watching it now it seems oh so very formulaic, but it was rarely the norm back than for war films to always follow this brand of high end adventure staples. The makers take a bunch of men from the various social spectrum and thrust them together for an impossible mission. We have the stiff backed guys with moral reasoning at their core, the rough and tumble men, all face fuzz and machismo seeping …
The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 adventure and drama movie from the United Kingdom directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn. It was released on April 27, 1961. The running time is 2 h 40 min, in Greek. Audiences rate it 7.3/10 from 917 votes — well received.
“The greatest high adventure ever filmed!”
The Guns of Navarone was released on April 27, 1961.
The Guns of Navarone was directed by J. Lee Thompson.
The main cast includes Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker and Anthony Quayle.
The Guns of Navarone runs 2 h 40 min.
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It holds an audience score of 7.3/10 from 917 ratings, so fans of adventure and drama titles are its best audience. Read member reviews below or add your own.
🏆 Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 12 nominations total
armybased on novel or bookfortalliesworld war ii