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The Guns of Navarone

  • 19611961
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  • 2h 38m
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The Guns of Navarone (1961)
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A team of Allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of ... Read allA team of Allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.A team of Allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
50K
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POPULARITY
2,620
785
  • Director
    • J. Lee Thompson
  • Writers
    • Alistair MacLean(novel)
    • Carl Foreman(written for the screen by)
  • Stars
    • David Niven
    • Gregory Peck
    • Anthony Quinn
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  • Director
    • J. Lee Thompson
  • Writers
    • Alistair MacLean(novel)
    • Carl Foreman(written for the screen by)
  • Stars
    • David Niven
    • Gregory Peck
    • Anthony Quinn
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    • 188User reviews
    • 48Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 4 wins & 12 nominations total

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    David Niven, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, James Darren, and Anthony Quayle in The Guns of Navarone (1961)
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    David Niven
    David Niven
    • Cpl. John Anthony Milleras Cpl. John Anthony Miller
    Gregory Peck
    Gregory Peck
    • Capt. Keith Malloryas Capt. Keith Mallory
    Anthony Quinn
    Anthony Quinn
    • Col. Andrea Stavrosas Col. Andrea Stavros
    Anthony Quayle
    Anthony Quayle
    • Maj. Roy Franklinas Maj. Roy Franklin
    Stanley Baker
    Stanley Baker
    • CPO 'Butcher' Brownas CPO 'Butcher' Brown
    James Darren
    James Darren
    • Spyros Pappadimosas Spyros Pappadimos
    Irene Papas
    Irene Papas
    • Maria Pappadimosas Maria Pappadimos
    Gia Scala
    Gia Scala
    • Annaas Anna
    James Robertson Justice
    James Robertson Justice
    • Jensenas Jensen…
    Richard Harris
    Richard Harris
    • Squadron Leader Barnsbyas Squadron Leader Barnsby
    Bryan Forbes
    Bryan Forbes
    • Cohnas Cohn
    Allan Cuthbertson
    Allan Cuthbertson
    • Maj. Bakeras Maj. Baker
    Michael Trubshawe
    Michael Trubshawe
    • Weaveras Weaver
    Percy Herbert
    Percy Herbert
    • Sgt. Groganas Sgt. Grogan
    George Mikell
    • Sessleras Sessler
    Walter Gotell
    Walter Gotell
    • Mueselas Muesel
    Tutte Lemkow
    Tutte Lemkow
    • Nicolaias Nicolai
    Albert Lieven
    Albert Lieven
    • Commandantas Commandant
    • Director
      • J. Lee Thompson
    • Writers
      • Alistair MacLean(novel)
      • Carl Foreman(written for the screen by)
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    • Trivia
      Gregory Peck declined to attempt an English accent in order to play Captain Mallory.
    • Goofs
      When the Germans are searching the gun positions for explosives, German soldiers are using mine detection equipment and 'sweeping' the tracks leading up to the guns. This is a useless activity since the detection equipment is a metal detector and would give off a signal due to the steel rails.
    • Quotes

      Mallory: Can you do anything at all?

      Corporal Miller: I don't know. There's always a way to blow up explosives. The trick is not to be around when they go off. But aren't you forgetting something? The lady. As I see it we have three choices. One we can leave her here but there's no guarantee she won't be found, and in her case they won't need a truth drug. Two, we can take her with us, but that would make things worse than they are already. And three... well, that's Andrea's choice, remember?

      Mallory: You really want your pound of flesh, don't you?

      Corporal Miller: Yes, I do. You see, somehow I just couldn't get to sleep.

      Mallory: Well, if you're so anxious to kill her, go ahead!

      Corporal Miller: I'm not anxious to kill her, I'm not anxious to kill anyone. You see, I'm not a born soldier. I was trapped. You may find me facetious from time to time, but if I didn't make some rather bad jokes I'd go out of my mind. No, I prefer to leave the killing to someone like you, an officer and a gentleman, a leader of men.

      Mallory: If you think I wanted this, any of this, you're out of your mind, I was trapped like you, just like anyone who put on the uniform!

      Corporal Miller: Of *course* you wanted it, you're an officer, aren't you? I never let them make *me* an officer! I don't want the responsibility!

      Mallory: So you've had a free ride, all this time! Someone's *got* to take responsibility if the job's going to get done! You think that's easy?

      Corporal Miller: [shouts] I don't know! I'm not even sure who really is responsible any more.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: The first day 02.00 Hours An Allied Airfield somewhere in the Middle East
    • Alternate versions
      To receive a 'U' certificate the original UK cinema version was overdubbed to remove all of Barnsby's uses of the word 'bloody' (the word was replaced with the less offensive 'ruddy'), and this same print appeared on early video releases. The film was restored in 1993 and all later widescreen releases feature the full unedited version.
    • Connections
      Edited into Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
    • Soundtracks
      Karagouna
      (uncredited)

      Traditional

      Arranged by Andreas Markides

    User reviews188

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    Top review
    8/10
    "We Have Three Choices" In Classic WWII Drama
    "The way I see it we have three choices - take him with us, leave him here, or kill him."

    This simplistically summarizes the moral dilemmas at the heart of Alistar MacLean's classic novel and the superb Carl Forman film from which followed. The Guns Of Navarone at first looks like a basic mission - in 1943 a key channel in the Aegean Sea is commanded by two gigantic German siege batteries on the island of Navarone; these guns prevent the reinforcement of a British island garrison nearby, and if the garrison falls, it will persuade Turkey to join the Axis powers, an outcome Berlin is counting on as the war in Russia has turned against it with the defeat at Stalingrad.

    The guns cannot be bombed by air, despite heroic efforts by the RAF, and so is brought in a key Allied operative who has been working in occupied Crete since its fall to the Germans in 1941. Captain Keith Mallory not only can speak the languages of the area with superb fluence, he is "Keith Mallory, the Human Fly," the best mountaineer in the world. He feels he cannot climb the 400 foot precipice atop which the German batteries sit, but he likes nothing better than "a well-organized setup" upon seeing that he has no choice.

    With the help of his closest combat comrade Stavro (Anthony Quinn), Mallory is assigned with Major Roy Franklin to ferry British commandos - one of the a wise-cracking explosives expert, Corporal John Anthony Miller (David Niven)- on the perilous journey to the back door of Navarone. But the infiltration is fraught with danger, and when Franklin is badly injured, the real crest of the story unfolds, the moral dilemmas of the team as they must complete the mission while deciding how to handle an injury they cannot treat.

    And as if that were not enough, one of the Greek resistance operatives helping the team turns out to be a traitor after Miller finds his explosive equipment has been tampered with. It leads to yet another of the several arguments that ensue through the film between Miller, the soldier who does not want the responsibilities involved, and Mallory, who is determined to finish the job. While one of the arguments doesn't make much sense - Miller is horrified when Mallory admits lying to Roy Franklin so that upon eventual capture Franklin will give away inaccurate information; this is by far the most humane solution to the intolerable dilemma the team has faced - overall the clash between Mallory and Miller adds enormously to the film's tension, thanks in no small part to the excellent performances of Gregory Peck and David Niven.

    The sets and props of the film are superb, and overcome the comparative cheesiness of some of the special effects.
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    • Release date
      • April 28, 1961 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Greek
      • German
      • Latin
    • Also known as
      • Carl Foreman's Production The Guns of Navarone
    • Filming locations
      • Acropolis of Lindos, Rhodes, Greece
    • Production company
      • Highroad Productions
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    • Budget
      • $6,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 38 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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