| Release Date: | Apr 1961 |
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| Genres: | Adventure / War / Drama / Action |
| Awards: | Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 10 nominations |
| Runtime: | 158 min |
| Cast: | Gregory Peck (Capt. Keith Mallory), David Niven (Cpl. Miller), Anthony Quinn (Col. Andrea Stavros), Stanley Baker (Pvt. 'Butcher' Brown) Anthony Quayle (Maj. Roy Franklin) James Darren (Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos) Irene Papas (Maria Pappadimos) Gia Scala (Anna) James Robertson Justice (Commodore Jensen / Prologue Narrator) Richard Harris (Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF) Bryan Forbes (Cohn) Allan Cuthbertson (Maj. Baker) Michael Trubshawe (Weaver) Percy Herbert (Sgt. Grogan) George Mikell (Sessler) Walter Gotell (Muesel) Tutte Lemkow (Nikolai, the laundry boy) Albert Lieven (The Commandant) Norman Wooland (Group Captain) Cleo Scouloudi (Bride) Nicholas Papakonstantinou (Patrol Boat Captain) Christopher Rhodes (German Master Gunner) Victor Beaumont (German officer in gun cave (uncredited)) Victor Buono (Greek cleric at wedding plaza...) Jack Cooper (German Soldier on Patrol Boat...) Carl Duering (German radar operator (uncredited)) Wolf Frees (Radio operator (uncredited)) Peter Grant (British commando (uncredited)) Rosemary Nicols ((uncredited)) Michael Sarne (Extra (uncredited)) Bob Simmons (German Soldier on Navarone (uncredited)) |
Two powerful German guns control the seas past the Greek island of Navarone making the evacuation of endangered British troops on a neighboring island impossible. Air attack is useless so a team of six Allied and Greek soldiers is put ashore to meet up with partisans to try and dynamite the guns. The mission is perilous enough anyway but are the Germans on the island getting further help too?.
