Directed by:
J. Lee ThompsonScreenplay:
Carl ForemanCinematography:
Oswald MorrisComposer:
Dimitri TiomkinCast:
Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle, James Darren, Irene Papas, Gia Scala, James Robertson Justice, Richard Harris (more)VOD (1)
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The guns of Navarone are huge Nazi cannons, installed on an Aegean island behind enemy lines. Anthony Quayle is the officer assigned by the British to lead a task force to put the guns out of commission. When Quayle is injured, the mission winds up in the relatively inexperienced hands of Gregory Peck. There's little love lost between Peck, explosives expert David Niven and Greek patriot Anthony Quinn, especially when it becomes known that there's a traitor in their midst. Resistance leader Irene Papas weeds out the traitor, but there's still those guns to take care of. Filmed on location in Rhodes and distinguished by Oscar-winning special effects, Guns of Navarone (based on Alistair MacLean's best-seller) was a major box-office hit of 1961. (Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Gregory Peck
USA
Best movies:
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David Niven
UK
Best movies:
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Anthony Quinn
Mexico
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Stanley Baker
UK
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Anthony Quayle
UK
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James Darren
USA
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Irene Papas
Greece
Best movies:
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Alexis Zorbas (1964)
Gia Scala
UK
Best movies:
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Richard Harris
Ireland
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Bryan Forbes
UK
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Allan Cuthbertson
Australia
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Percy Herbert
UK
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George Mikell
Lithuania
Best movies:
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Walter Gotell
German Empire
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Tutte Lemkow
Norway
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Albert Lieven
German Empire
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Norman Wooland
German Empire
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