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The Guns of Navarone

1961

J. Lee Thompson

Gregory Peck, David Niven, Richard Harris, Anthony Quinn ...

7.4

26,103

War. Adventure. Action During WWII, British Intelligence in the Middle East sends six men to the Aegean island of Navarone to destroy guns manned by the Germans. Consistently interesting war epic based on the Alistair MacLean novel, with a vivid cast.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"Violently out of fashion, perhaps, but inspirational in its own tidy way (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"One of those muscle-loaded pictures in the thundering tradition of DeMille, which means more emphasis is placed on melodrama than on character or credibility"	NEU
United States	Arthur Ryel-Lindsey Slant	"More than typical for a wartime adventure story (...) a film that ranks among the best war movies"	POS
United States	Den of Geek	"Navarone contained a supreme subversion of the classic war story narrative, although it probably didn’t get appreciated as such until much later."	POS
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"With a bunch of weighty stars, terrific special effects and several socko situations, producer Carl Foreman and director J. Lee Thompson sired a winner."	POS

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