The Guns of Navarone (1961)

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Today, April 21st, would have been legendary actor Anthony Quinn's 101st Birthday.

Find the link to Anthony Quinn's Wikipedia.org Article from our Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Post:
http://film366.blogspot.com/2016/04/lawrence-of-arabia-1962.html

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Let's celebrate with this classic WWII thriller ......

The Guns of Navarone (1961)

Run Time:  158 mins
Genre:  War, Drama, Action, Historical
Format:  Widescreen Format, Color
Director:  J. Lee Thompson
Starring:  Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle and James Darren

IMDB.com Entry for the Film:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054953/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Wikipedia.org Article for the Film:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guns_of_Navarone_(film)

Wikipedia.org Article for Gregory Peck:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Peck

Wikipedia.org Article for Stanley Baker:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Baker

Wikipedia.org Article for James Darren:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Darren

Find the link to David Niven's Wikipedia.org Article from our The Pink Panther (1963) Post:
http://film366.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-pink-panther-1963.html

Find the link to Anthony Quayle's Wikipedia.org Article from our Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Post:
http://film366.blogspot.com/2016/04/lawrence-of-arabia-1962.html

Wikipedia.org Article for Director J. Lee Thompson:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Lee_Thompson

Wikipedia.org Article for the Novel Guns of Navarone (1957) by Alistair MacLean:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guns_of_Navarone_(novel)

Trailer for the Film on YouTube:



Two powerful German guns control the seas past the Greek island of Navarone making the evacuation of endangered British troops on a neighboring island impossible. Air attack is useless so a team of six Allied and Greek soldiers are put ashore to meet up with partisans to try and dynamite the guns.

A great assemblage of actors/characters, combine for a telling story about a rather obscure part of World War II history, circa 1943. Germany was trying to push Turkey into becoming part of the Axis. 2000 British troops are trapped on a Greek Island in the Aegean Sea. The only way to get them out is to get through a small sliver of water that is protected by a huge set of Nazi canon guns on the Island of Navarone. To shut down these guns would save the British soldiers and would eventually help with the gradual move into the interior of Europe on the way to a final showdown with Germany in 1945. A ragtag group of British commandos lead by Gregory Peck (who is really cool in this film), and consisting of two other legendary actors, David Niven (who was awesome I will add), and Anthony Quinn, along with a couple other unknown guys and some resistance women, are sent to scale the giant walled cliffs of Navarone so they can reach the base and blow up the guns. Along the way, they have to work their way through obstacles like German boats, a hurricane, the cliffs and snow covered mountains, with a handful of interesting character studies to fill in the gaps. The scene crossing the channel and the subsequent battle with a German boat reminds me a lot of the boat trip down the Nung River in Apocalypse Now, that would be seen 15 years later and their fight with the Vietcon. David Niven is a trip and he really helps the story along with some moments of dark comedy relief and some sobering commentaries on the horrors of war. - Phil

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