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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The Guns of Navarone (1961)

The greatest high adventure ever filmed!

★ 7.3/10 April 27, 1961 160 min

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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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Director

J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson

Cast

Gregory Peck Gregory Peck Capt. Keith Mallory David Niven David Niven Cpl. John Anthony Miller Anthony Quinn Anthony Quinn Col. Andrea Stavros Stanley Baker Stanley Baker Pvt. 'Butcher' Brown Anthony Quayle Anthony Quayle Maj. Roy Franklin James Darren James Darren Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos Irene Papas Irene Papas Maria Pappadimos Gia Scala Gia Scala Anna James Robertson Justice James Robertson Justice Commodore Jensen / Prologue Narrator Richard Harris Richard Harris Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF Bryan Forbes Bryan Forbes Cohn Allan Cuthbertson Allan Cuthbertson Maj. Baker

User Reviews (1)

John Chard
John Chard April 8, 2015
★ 9/10

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 …