The Guns of Navarone

1961 • 2h 40m •

Adventure Drama War

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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!"

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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

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J John Chard Verified TMDB Critic

2015-04-08

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...