The Guns of Navarone (film)
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| Directed by | J. Lee Thompson |
| Produced by | Carl Foreman |
| Screenplay by | Carl Foreman |
| Based on |
The Guns of Navarone (1957 novel) by Alistair MacLean |
| Starring |
Gregory Peck David Niven Anthony Quinn |
| Narrated by | James Robertson Justice |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
| Edited by | Alan Osbiston |
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Highroad Productions
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Release date
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27 April 1961 (Royal World Premiere, London)
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Running time
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158 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6 million |
| Box office | $28.9 million |
Coordinates: 37°52′53″N 25°39′7″E / 37.88139°N 25.65194°E
The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 British-American epic adventure war film directed by J. Lee Thompson. The screenplay by producer Carl Foreman was based on Alistair MacLean's 1957 novel The Guns of Navarone, which was inspired by the Battle of Leros during the Dodecanese Campaign of World War II. The film stars Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn, along with Stanley Baker, Irene Papas, Gia Scala, James Darren and Anthony Quayle. The book and the film share the same basic plot: the efforts of an Allied commando team to destroy a seemingly impregnable German fortress that threatens Allied naval ships in the Aegean Sea, and prevents 2,000 isolated British troops from being rescued.
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