The Guns of Navarone Movie Review 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.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 159 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

World War II, Big Battles, Books to Film: Alistair MacLean, Team Efforts, Top Grossing Films of 1961

Screenplay

Carl Foreman

Cast

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

Cinematography

Oswald Morris

Director

J. Lee Thompson

Music

Dimitri Tiomkin

Producer

Columbia Pictures, Carl Foreman Productions

Awards

Golden Globes 1962: Film--Drama, Score.