The Guns of Navarone

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World War II film adventure film film war film

The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 World War II adventure film about a commando team sent to destroy massive German guns threatening Allied ships in the Aegean Sea.

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The Guns of Navarone (film) 2
The Guns of Navarone (novel) 1
The Guns of Navarone film series 1

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instanceOf World War II film ⓘ
adventure film ⓘ
film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
academyAward Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
academyAwardYear 1962 ⓘ
artDirectionBy Geoffrey Drake ⓘ
aspectRatio 2.35:1 ⓘ
author Alistair MacLean ⓘ
basedOn The Guns of Navarone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Guns of Navarone (novel)
character Anna ⓘ
Captain Keith Mallory ⓘ
Colonel Andrea Stavros ⓘ
Corporal Miller ⓘ
Major Roy Franklin ⓘ
Maria Pappadimos ⓘ
Spyros Pappadimos ⓘ
cinematographyBy Oswald Morris ⓘ
colorProcess Eastmancolor ⓘ
costumeDesignBy Bill Carman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director J. Lee Thompson ⓘ
distributedBy Columbia Pictures ⓘ
distributedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
editedBy Alan Osbiston ⓘ
filmingLocation Gozo ⓘ
Rhodes ⓘ
genre adventure ⓘ
war ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mpaaRating Not Rated ⓘ
musicBy Dimitri Tiomkin ⓘ
narrationBy James Robertson Justice ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
notableFor depiction of a commando raid on fictional German guns on the island of Navarone ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A commando team is sent to destroy massive German guns threatening Allied ships in the Aegean Sea ⓘ
producer Carl Foreman ⓘ
productionCompany Highroad Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1961-04-27 ⓘ
releaseYear 1961 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 158 ⓘ
screenwriter Carl Foreman ⓘ
sequel Force 10 from Navarone ⓘ
surface form: Force 10 from Navarone (film)
settingLocation Aegean Sea ⓘ
Greek islands ⓘ
settingPeriod World War II ⓘ
stars Anthony Quayle ⓘ
Anthony Quinn ⓘ
David Niven ⓘ
Gia Scala ⓘ
Gregory Peck ⓘ
Irene Papas ⓘ
Stanley Baker ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Guns of Navarone (film)
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this entity surface form: The Guns of Navarone (film)
David Niven → notableWork → The Guns of Navarone ⓘ
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subject surface form: Eldred Gregory Peck
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Irene Papas → notableWork → The Guns of Navarone ⓘ
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this entity surface form: The Guns of Navarone film series