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The Guns of Navarone (1961)

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The Greatest High Adventure Ever Filmed!

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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Cast & Crew

Director
J. Lee Thompson
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    Capt. Keith Mallory Gregory Peck
  • Profile picture of David Niven
    Cpl. James Arthur Miller David Niven
  • Profile picture of Anthony Quinn
    Col. Andrea Stavros Anthony Quinn
  • Profile picture of Stanley Baker
    Pvt. 'Butcher' Brown Stanley Baker
  • Profile picture of Anthony Quayle
    Maj. Roy Franklin Anthony Quayle
  • Profile picture of James Darren
    Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos James Darren
  • Profile picture of Irene Papas
    Maria Pappadimos Irene Papas
  • Profile picture of Gia Scala
    Anna Gia Scala

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  • army
  • based on novel or book
  • fort
  • allies
  • world war ii