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The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 action adventure war film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, based on Alistair MacLean's 1957 novel of the same name. Foreman also produced the film. The film stars Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn, along with Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, Gia Scala, Richard Harris and James Darren. The book and the film share a plot: the efforts of an Allied commando unit to destroy a seemingly impregnable German fortress that threatens Allied naval ships in the Aegean Sea.
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1961 · 2h 40m · Action · Adventure · Drama
TMDB 7.3/10 (891 votes)
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.
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Box office $29M worldwide
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J. Lee ThompsonDirector
Gregory Peckas Capt. Keith Mallory
David Nivenas Cpl. John Anthony Miller
Stanley Bakeras Pvt. 'Butcher' Brown
James Darrenas Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos
Irene Papasas Maria Pappadimos
Gia Scalaas Anna
James Robertson Justiceas Commodore Jensen / Prologue Narrator
Richard Harrisas Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF
Bryan Forbesas Cohn
Allan Cuthbertsonas Maj. Baker
Michael Trubshaweas Weaver