The Guns of Navarone (film)

The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	J. Lee Thompson
Screenplay by	Carl Foreman
Based on	The Guns of Navarone; by Alistair MacLean
Produced by	Carl Foreman
Starring	Gregory Peck; David Niven; Anthony Quinn; Stanley Baker; Anthony Quayle; Irene Papas; Gia Scala; James Darren;
Cinematography	Oswald Morris
Edited by	Alan Osbiston
Music by	Dimitri Tiomkin
Production; company	Highroad Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	27 April 1961 (London); 28 April 1961 (United Kingdom); 22 June 1961 (United States);
Running time	158 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States
Language	English
Budget	$6 million
Box office	$28.9 million

The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 action adventure war film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, based on Alistair MacLean's 1957 novel of the same name. Foreman also produced the film. The film stars Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn, along with Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, Gia Scala, Richard Harris and James Darren. The book and the film share a plot: the efforts of an Allied commando unit to destroy a seemingly impregnable German fortress that threatens Allied naval ships in the Aegean Sea.

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