The Guns of Navarone (1961)
- Starring:
- Gregory Peck, David Niven, (more)
- Director(s):
- J. Lee Thompson
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR
- Category:
- War
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The guns of Navarone are huge Nazi cannons, installed on an Aegean island behind enemy lines. Anthony Quayle is the officer assigned by the British to lead a task force to put the guns out of commission. When Quayle is injured, the mission winds up in the relatively inexperienced hands of Gregory Peck. There's little love lost between Peck, explosives expert David Niven and Greek patriot Anthony Quinn, especially when it becomes known that there's a traitor in their midst. Resistance leader Irene Papas weeds out the traitor, but there's still those guns to take care of. Filmed on location in Rhodes and distinguished by Oscar-winning special effects, Guns of Navarone (based on Alistair MacLean's best-seller was a major box-office hit of 1961; less successful was the pared-down 1977 sequel, Force Ten From Navarone. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 157 mins
Complete Cast:
- Gregory Peck - Capt. Keith Mallory
- Anthony Quinn - Col. Andrea Stavrov
- Anthony Quayle - Maj. Roy Franklin
- James Darren - Pvt. Spiro Pappadimos
- Gia Scala - Anna
- Allan Cuthbertson - Maj. Baker
- Percy Herbert - Grogan
- Walter Gotell - Muesel
- James Robertson Justice - Narrator: Jensen
- Norman Wooland - Patrol's Captain
- David Niven - Corporal Miller
- Stanley Baker - CPO Butcher Brown
- Richard Harris - Squadron Leader Barnsby
- Irene Papas - Maria Pappadimos
- Bryan Forbes - Cohn
- Michael Trubshawe - Maj. Weaver
- George Mikell - Sessler
- Tutte Lemkow - Nicholai
- Albert Lieven - Commandant
- Christopher Rhodes - German Gunnery Officer
- Director(s):
- J. Lee Thompson
- Writer(s):
- Carl Foreman
- Producer(s):
- Carl Foreman, Cecil F. Ford
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR(Violence, Questionable for Children)
- Categories:
- War
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- 1961 - The Guns of Navarone - Golden Globe - Best Picture - Drama
- 1961 - The Guns of Navarone - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Picture - Drama
- 1961 - The Guns of Navarone - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Original Score
