The Guns of Navarone (1961)
The Greatest High Adventure Ever Filmed!
1961 · NR · 2h 40m · Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
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.
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Writers: Alistair MacLean, Carl Foreman
Music by: Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography: Oswald Morris
Editor: Alan Osbiston
Box office: $29M · Budget: $6M · Rated 7.3/10 by 889 viewers
Part of the Navarone franchise.
Cast
Gregory Peck as Capt. Keith MalloryDavid Niven as Cpl. John Anthony MillerAnthony Quinn as Col. Andrea StavrosStanley Baker as Pvt. 'Butcher' BrownAnthony Quayle as Maj. Roy FranklinJames Darren as Pvt. Spyros PappadimosIrene Papas as Maria PappadimosGia Scala as AnnaJames Robertson Justice as Commodore Jensen / Prologue NarratorRichard Harris as Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAFBryan Forbes as CohnAllan Cuthbertson as Maj. BakerMore like this
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