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The Guns of Navarone

The Guns of Navarone

Adventure · Drama · War · 1961

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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The Guns of Navarone

“The greatest high adventure ever filmed!”

1961 Adventure · Drama · War 2h 40m

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7.3 / 10

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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.

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Directed by

J. Lee Thompson

Written by

Carl Foreman

Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck

Capt. Keith Mallory

David Niven

David Niven

Cpl. John Anthony Miller

Anthony Quinn

Anthony Quinn

Col. Andrea Stavros

Stanley Baker

Stanley Baker

Pvt. 'Butcher' Brown

Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle

Maj. Roy Franklin

James Darren

James Darren

Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos

Irene Papas

Irene Papas

Maria Pappadimos

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The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.