The Guns of Navarone
Allied commandos infiltrate a Nazi‑held Aegean island to demolish two massive coastal guns, racing against time to break the fortress’s iron grip and save 2,000 trapped comrades.
“The Greatest High Adventure Ever Filmed!”
Synopsis
A team of Allied saboteurs is tasked with an impossible mission: infiltrate a heavily fortified Nazi-held island and destroy two massive long-range field guns that are preventing the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
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A crew of 138+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Alan OsbistonShot by Oswald MorrisScored by Dimitri TiomkinDesigned by Geoffrey Drake
Box Office
1961 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.8× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$28.9M
Also known as
- (complete title)Carl Foreman's Production the Guns of Navarone
- Die Kanonen von Navaronede
- (Flemish)De kanonnen van Navarone
- Los cañones de Navaronees
- Les Canons de Navaronefr
- I cannoni di Navaroneit
Release dates around the world4 countries · showhide
- United KingdomApr 27, 1961
- United StatesJun 22, 1961
- GreeceJul 27, 1961
- JapanAug 15, 1961
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Cast & Crew
138 unique people credited
Top billed cast
David Niven
as Cpl. John Anthony Miller
Anthony Quinn
as Col. Andrea Stavros
Anthony Quayle
as Maj. Roy Franklin
Stanley Baker
as CPO 'Butcher' Brown
James Darren
as Spyros Pappadimos
James Robertson Justice
as Prologue Narrator
Richard Harris
as Squadron Leader Barnsby
Gregory Peck
as Capt. Keith Mallory
Irene Papas
as Maria Pappadimos
Gia Scala
as Anna
Richard Harris Nm0001321
as Squadron Leader Barnsby
Bryan Forbes
as Cohn
Supporting cast
39Allan Cuthbertson
as Maj. Baker
Michael Trubshawe
as Weaver
Percy Herbert
as Sgt. Grogan
George Mikell
as Sessler
Walter Gotell
as Muesel
Tutte Lemkow
as Nicolai
Albert Lieven
as Commandant
Norman Wooland
as Group Captain
Kleo Skouloudi
as Bride
Nicholas Papakonstantinou
as Patrol Boat Captain
Christopher Rhodes
as German Gunnery Officer
Andrew Andreas
as Wedding Guest
Victor Beaumont
as German Officer in Gun Cave
Ron Carr
as German gunner
Jack Cooper
as German Soldier on Patrol Boat
Victor Coventry
as Wedding Guest
Maxwell Craig
as German Soldier at Wedding
Carl Duering
as German Radar Operator
Peter Evans
as German Soldier
Chick Fowles
as German Soldier
Wolf Frees
as Radio Operator
Terry French
as German Soldier
Alan Gibbs
as German Officer
Peter Grant
as British Commando
Gerard Heinz
as German surgeon
Frank Henson
as Radio operator
Adolf Hitler
as Self
Arthur Howell
as German Officer
Walter Kightly
as German Soldier
Don Mcmurray
as German soldier
Rosemary Nicols
as Undetermined Secondary Role
Joe Powell
as German Soldier
Robert Rietty
as Mallory - German Voice
Michael Sarne
as Undetermined Secondary Role
Bob Simmons
as German Soldier on Navarone
John Tatham
as General's Aide
Bob Wright
as German Soldier
Terry Yorke
as German Soldier
Stephen Zammit
as Wedding Guest
Directors
1Writers
2Producers
3Other crew
89John Wilcox
additional photography
Gordon Stebbing
assistant accountant (uncredited)
Frank Willson
assistant art director (uncredited)
Peter Yates
assistant director
John Victor Smith
associate editor
Raymond Poulton
associate editor
Oswald Hafenrichter
associate editor (as O. Hafenrichter)
Jack Davies
boom operator (uncredited)
Denys N Coop
camera operator (as Denys Coop)
Dudley Lovell
camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
Oswald Morris
Cinematographer, photographed by
Nigel Cousins
clapper loader: second unit (uncredited)
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