War ·Adventure ·Thriller · United Kingdom · 1961 · 2h 40m

The Guns of Navarone

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Director
J. Lee Thompson
Cast
Gregory Peck as Capt. Keith Mallory David Niven as Cpl. John Anthony Miller Anthony Quinn as Col. Andrea Stavros Stanley Baker as Pvt. 'Butcher' Brown Anthony Quayle as Maj. Roy Franklin James Darren as Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos
Crew
Oswald Morris — Director of Photography Alan Osbiston — Editor Dimitri Tiomkin — Original Music Composer Carl Foreman — Screenplay Alistair MacLean — Novel Carl Foreman — Producer
Tagline

The Greatest High Adventure Ever Filmed!

Synopsis

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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Mood & Themes
armybased on novel or bookfortalliesworld war ii
Key Collaborators
J. Lee Thompson Director Oswald Morris Director of Photography Alan Osbiston Editor Dimitri Tiomkin Original Music Composer Carl Foreman Screenplay Alistair MacLean Novel Carl Foreman Producer Geoffrey Drake Production Design
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