The Guns of Navarone (1961) | |
| Director(s) | J. Lee Thompson, Alexander Mackendrick (uncredited) |
| Producer(s) | Leon Becker (associate), Cecil F. Ford (associate), Carl Foreman |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, War |
| Top Topics | World War II |
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The Guns of Navarone (1961) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Alexander Mackendrick and J. Lee Thompson and produced by Carl Foreman, Cecil F. Ford and Leon Becker.
Academy Awards 1961 --- Ceremony Number 34 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Director | J. Lee Thompson | Nominated |
| Best Film Editing | Alan Osbiston | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Dimitri Tiomkin | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Carl Foreman, Producer | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Carl Foreman | Nominated |
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Alastair MacLean's The Guns of Navarone
By Rick29 on Jun 14, 2020 From Classic Film & TV CafeA long movie that doesn't seem long is a carefully-crafted motion picture. Such is the case with The Guns of Navarone (1961), which clocks in at a brisk 158 minutes. Based on Alastair MacLean's 1957 novel, it tells the story of a small military team tasked with destroying two huge German guns. Th... Read full article
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
By Beatrice on Jul 14, 2017 From Flickers in TimeThe Guns of Navarone ? Directed by J. Lee Thompson Written by Carl Foreman from a novel by Alastair MacLean 1961/USA Columbia Pictures Corp/Highroad Productions Repeat viewing/Netflix rental This is a solid war movie with a fantastic cast and lots of explosions. Mallory (Gregory Peck) is a multi-... Read full article
The Guns of Navarone
By Alyson on Mar 12, 2010 From The Best Picture ProjectAction and adventure await six men on a dangerous mission to destroy the two powerful guns on German occupied Navarone.? These guns control the fate of the seas and nearby Greek islands, including one full of trapped British troops.? No one can get to or leave the island, not even by plane and more ... Read full article
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Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF: BAD? It can't be done, not from the air, anyway!
Commodore Jensen: You're quite sure of that, Squadron Leader? This is important.
Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF: So's my life! To me, anyway, and the lives of these jokers here, and the eighteen men we lost tonight!
Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF: First, you've got that bloody old fortress on top of that bloody cliff. Then you've got the bloody cliff overhang. You can't even see the bloody cave, let alone the bloody guns. And anyway, we haven't got a bloody bomb big enough to smash that bloody rock. And that's the bloody truth, sir.
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David Niven wears a Light Infantry cap badge on his beret. This was the regiment he was commissioned into in WW2.
80s rock group Big Country borrowed from Dimitri Tiomkin's score to create the guitar riff on their hit "Fields of Fire".
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