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A British team is sent to cross occupied Greek territory and destroy the massive German gun emplacement that commands a key sea channel.
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Title: The Guns of Navarone (1961)
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Cast
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| Gregory Peck | ... | Capt. Keith Mallory | |
| David Niven | ... | Cpl. John Anthony Miller | |
| Anthony Quinn | ... | Col. Andrea Stavros | |
| Stanley Baker | ... | CPO 'Butcher' Brown | |
| Anthony Quayle | ... | Maj. Roy Franklin | |
| James Darren | ... | Spyros Pappadimos | |
| Irene Papas | ... | Maria Pappadimos | |
| Gia Scala | ... | Anna | |
| James Robertson Justice | ... | Jensen / Prologue Narrator | |
| Richard Harris | ... | Squadron Leader Barnsby | |
| Bryan Forbes | ... | Cohn | |
| Allan Cuthbertson | ... | Maj. Baker | |
| Michael Trubshawe | ... | Weaver | |
| Percy Herbert | ... | Sgt. Grogan | |
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George Mikell | ... | Sessler |
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In 1943, the British Navy is not able to rescue 2,000 soldiers trapped in the Island of Kheros since two powerful German cannons on the top of the Navarone Island are sinking the Allied vessels. After a failed aerial attack, the Allied command decide to send a six-man team disguised as fishermen to Navarone to blow-up the guns. The squad is commanded by Maj. Roy Franklin and composed by Capt. Keith Mallory, who is an experienced mountain climber, and his former partner Col. Andrea Stavros; the explosive expert Cpl. John Anthony Miller; the engineer CPO 'Butcher' Brown; and the Greek assassin Spyros Pappadimos, who was born in Navarone. They sail during the night and after an encounter with a German patrol boat and a storm in the sea, they arrive to Navarone and Capt. Mallory needs to climb a cliff face during a heavy rainy night to proceed their mission. Will they succeed? Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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historically inaccurate | firearm | artillery | behind enemy lines | island |Taglines:
An impregnable fortress... An invincible army... and the unstoppable commando team. See more »Parents Guide:
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Prologue Narrator: Greece and the islands of the Aegean Sea have given birth to many myths and legends of war and adventure. And these once-proud stones, these ruined and shattered temples bear witness to the civilization that flourished and then died here and to the demigods and heroes who inspired those legends on this sea and these islands. But, though the stage is the same, ours is a legend of our own times, and its heroes are not demigods, but ordinary people. In 1943, so the story goes, 2000 ...
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(uncredited)
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
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Gregory Peck often said he was disappointed that so many viewers had missed how anti-war this movie was intended to be. Peck was a life-long pacifist, who strongly opposed U.S. involvement in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He was also against joining World War II, until Adolf Hitler invaded the Soviet Union. See more »Goofs
A number of instances of "screeching tires" sound effects when vehicles are on gravel roads. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Prologue Narrator: Greece and the islands of the Aegean Sea have given birth to many myths and legends of war and adventure. And these once-proud stones, these ruined and shattered temples bear witness to the civilization that flourished and then died here and to the demigods and heroes who inspired those legends on this sea and these islands. But, though the stage is the same, ours is a legend of our own times, and its heroes are not demigods, but ordinary people. In 1943, so the story goes, 2000 ...
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Opening credits prologue: The first day 02.00 Hours An Allied Airfield somewhere in the Middle East See more »Alternate Versions
Copies with different colour credits exists. The most common ones proclaiming "Eastmancolor by Pathé" while others says "Technicolor". See more »Soundtracks
The Guns of Navarone(uncredited)
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
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Release Date:
28 April 1961 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Carl Foreman's Production The Guns of Navarone See more »Edit
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$6,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System) (35 mm magnetic prints)| 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (Japan theatrical release)| Mono (35 mm optical prints)| Dolby (Restored version)Aspect Ratio:
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I saw this film with my father at an outdoor theater when it first appeared.
Remember those?
When those two German cannons stretched across the screen, they must have been at least eighty feet long. The special effects of films in those days might have been primitive compared to now, but those days had a trick or two up their sleeve to make the most of them, that we can no longer experience.
And outdoor theaters might as have well have been invented and built for this movie. I can't remember a more suspenseful cinematic experience in my whole life-- or a more dramatic night out with Dad. I was glad that he was there, just a reassuring foot or two away, in case the terror became unbearable.
So it surprised me to learn here that Guns of Navarone appeared only in 1961. That would make me twelve or thirteen years old, not eight. If I remember it so vividly, how could I be so wrong about the time? Perhaps this is further testimony to its impact-- how small and vulnerable it can make one feel in its sweep of events.