The Guns of Navarone
“The Greatest High Adventure Ever Filmed!”
1961•NR•2h 40m•7.3•Released
ActionAdventureDramaWar
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.
Director
J. Lee Thompson
Writer
Carl Foreman
Budget
$6M
Revenue
$29M
Languages
Greek, English, German
Studio
Highroad Productions
Cast
Gregory Peck
Capt. Keith Mallory
David Niven
Cpl. John Anthony 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
SS Hauptman Sessler
Production
Company
Highroad Productions
Company
Columbia Pictures
Producer
Carl Foreman
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