The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone ★★★½ 1961
During WWII, British Intelligence in the Middle East sends six men to the Aegean island of Navarone to destroy guns manned by the Germans. Consistently interesting war epic based on the Alistair MacLean novel, with a vivid cast. 159m/C VHS, DVD, Bluray Disc . Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Richard Harris, Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle, James Darren, Irene Papas, Gia Scala, James Robertson Justice, Bryan Forbes, Allan Cuthbertson, Michael Trubshawe, Percy Herbert, Walter Gotell, Tutte Lemkow; D: J. Lee Thompson; W: Carl Foreman; C: Oswald Morris; M: Dimitri Tiomkin. Golden Globes ‘62: Film—Drama, Score.
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