Anthony Quayle, Anthony Quinn, Carl Foreman

During World War II, an Allied force finds themselves trapped on the Island of Kheros with a small channel the only way to evacuate.

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PG, 2 hrs. 38 min.

Directed by: J. Lee Thompson

Release Date: June 22, 1961

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DVD Release Date: May 23, 2000

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  • May 7, 2008
    I've been killing Germans since 1937; there's no end to it.

    Yes, that's a memorable, yet problematic, line, for me, from Stanley Baker, one of my all-time heroes from Zulu -- yet another "let's try to dominate the world" film.

    I have some great friends who are German

    ...( read more). One of them, Gordon's wife, has never and won't ever -- and I mean she swears she will never, never ever, out of national embarrassment -- watch The Sound of Music. So to quote De Niro in The Deer Hunter: Okay? (echo echo echo) Okay?

    Kurt in The Sound of Music is a type. Most Nazi characters in any movie are stereoytypical as well. If you want to see a genuine representation of Germans -- Nazi WWII Germans -- as real people, you should definitely watch The Longest Day.

    What am I rambling about? Shoots, flixsters, I just wanted to star-rate this one because I'm watching it again for the 99th or so time on TCM. It is a very good view. Watch it if you get the chance; that's all I wanted to say : )

  • February 27, 2008
    Not quite as good as Where Eagles Dare but still a hoot
  • December 5, 2007
    A fine war film from England.
  • June 5, 2007
    Is is a great story by the same author who brought you "Where Eagles Dare" It's an all star international cast. Good intrique more than action but still good.
  • May 20, 2007
    This military adventure is seriously bogged down with war movie cliches, being based as it is upon a novel by airport paperback hack Alistair MacLean. But the star presence of Peck, Quinn and Niven elevates it above the mundane.
  • November 22, 2009
    Brilliant. Based on a brilliant Alistair MacLean book, and with a brilliant cast this is a really great movie.
  • November 20, 2009
    It's OK, I just didn't really like it that much.
  • September 18, 2009
    The Guns of Navarone had everything to be an extraordinary piece of filmmaking: it had the plot, the cast and the budget. However, it ddn't succeed in the way it could.

    The Guns of Navarone is a splendid film, no doubt about it. The performances were pretty good overall and th...( read more)e pace was perfectly adequate, except form some parts. The plot is intriguing and very interesting, and the setting was good. However, it lacked the splendid direction it required and at some points it seemed like the plot was too great for the director to handle. The remarkable aspect about the film are its special effects, which was the only Academy Award it won out of the 7 nominations it got.

    So in the end, The Guns of Navarone is a very interesting and fun film to see. Other than that, it is no masterpiece. Judgment at Nuremberg was an extraordinarily superior film that year.

    84/100
  • September 6, 2009
    ...great actors,great performances...
  • September 6, 2009
    An excellent war-based action-adventure story. Thrilling and suspenseful in equal parts. Grounded by three excellent performances from Gregory Peck, David Niven, and Anthony Quinn. What else would you expect from three such legends?

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