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The Guns of Navarone (1961)

The greatest high adventure ever filmed!

  • Adventure
  • Drama
  • War

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.

Rating
7.3 / 10 (920 votes)
Release date
April 27, 1961
Runtime
2h 40m
Language
English
Director
J. Lee Thompson
Status
Released
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Top cast

  • Gregory PeckCapt. Keith Mallory
  • David NivenCpl. John Anthony Miller
  • Anthony QuinnCol. Andrea Stavros
  • Stanley BakerPvt. 'Butcher' Brown
  • Anthony QuayleMaj. Roy Franklin
  • James DarrenPvt. Spyros Pappadimos
  • Irene PapasMaria Pappadimos
  • Gia ScalaAnna
  • James Robertson JusticeCommodore Jensen / Prologue Narrator
  • Richard HarrisSquadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF
  • Bryan ForbesCohn
  • Allan CuthbertsonMaj. Baker

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