The Guns of Navarone (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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Capt. Keith Mallory -
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Col. Andrea Stavros -
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Maj. Roy Franklin -
Spyros Pappadimos -
Maria Pappadimos -
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Maj. Baker -
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Sgt. Grogan -
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Director:
J. Lee ThompsonWriters:
Alistair MacLean (novel), Carl Foreman (written for the screen by)All Cast & Crew
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The team is recruited from various British Army outfits, which is identifiable via their cap badges. Miller (Niven) wears the cap badge of the "Durham Light Infantry" Franklin (Quayle) wears the insignia for the "9th Queen's Royal Lancers". Brown (Baker) wears the insignia for the "Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment." Major Baker (Cuthbertson), who houses the team before they head out, wears the "Royal Regiment of Artillery" insignia.
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Prologue Narrator:
Greece and the islands of the Aegean Sea have given birth to many myths and legends of war and adventure. And these once-proud stones, these ruined and shattered temples bear witness to the civilization that flourished and then died here and to the ...
Goofs
Miller (David Niven) places a fake rat on the right cannon before jumping into the water. However, when the German soldier discovers it he plucks it from the left cannon.
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.
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The Guns of Navarone(uncredited)
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
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Plot Summary
Synopsis (WARNING: Spoilers)
Genres
Action | Adventure | Drama | WarDetails
Release Date:
28 April 1961Language
English, Greek, German, Latin
Country of Origin
UK, USAFilming Locations
Ile de Gorée, Dakar, SenegalBox Office
Budget:
$6,000,000 (estimated)
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