The Guns of Navarone poster

The Guns of Navarone( 1961)

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The Greatest High Adventure Ever Filmed!

Overview

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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      Gregory Peck

      Capt. Keith Mallory

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      David Niven

      Cpl. James Arthur Miller

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      Anthony Quinn

      Col. Andrea Stavros

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      Stanley Baker

      Pvt. 'Butcher' Brown

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      Anthony Quayle

      Maj. Roy Franklin

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      James Darren

      Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos

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      Irene Papas

      Maria Pappadimos

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      Gia Scala

      Anna

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      James Robertson Justice

      Commodore Jensen / Prologue Narrator

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      Richard Harris

      Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF

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      Bryan Forbes

      Cohn

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      Allan Cuthbertson

      Maj. Baker

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      Michael Trubshawe

      Weaver

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      Percy Herbert

      Sgt. Grogan

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      George Mikell

      SS Hauptman Sessler

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      Walter Gotell

      Muesel

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      Tutte Lemkow

      Nicolai

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      Albert Lieven

      Commandant

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      Norman Wooland

      Group Captain

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      Kleo Skouloudi

      Bride

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      Nicholas Papakonstantinou

      Patrol Boat Captain

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      Christopher Rhodes

      German Gunnery Officer

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      William Hoehne Jr.

      German Officer on Navarone

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      Andrew Andreas

      Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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      Victor Beaumont

      German Officer in Gun Cave (uncredited)

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      Jack Cooper

      German Soldier on Patrol Boat (uncredited)

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      Maxwell Craig

      German Soldier at Wedding (uncredited)

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      Carl Duering

      German Radar Operator (uncredited)

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      Peter Evans

      German Soldier (uncredited)

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      Chick Fowles

      German Soldier (uncredited)

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      Wolf Frees

      Radio Operator (uncredited)

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      Alan Gibbs

      German Officer (uncredited)

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      Peter Grant

      British Commando (uncredited)

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      Gerard Heinz

      German surgeon (uncredited)

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      Frank Henson

      Radio operator (uncredited)

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      Arthur Howell

      German Officer (uncredited)

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      Walter Kightly

      German Soldier (uncredited)

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      Rosemary Nicols

      Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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      Robert Rietti

      Mallory - German Voice (voice) (uncredited)

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      Michael Sarne

      Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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      Bob Simmons

      German Soldier on Navarone (uncredited)

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      John Tatham

      General's Aide (uncredited)

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      Bob Wright

      German Soldier (uncredited)

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      Terry Yorke

      German Soldier (uncredited)

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      Stephen Zammit

      Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Wed Apr 08 2015
    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 ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    6000000.00

    Revenue

    28900000.00

    Keywords

    • army
    • based on novel or book
    • fort
    • allies
    • world war ii