The Guns of Navarone (1961)

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The greatest high adventure ever filmed!

A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.

• Released: 1961-04-27
• Genres: Adventure, Drama, War
• Runtime: 2h 40m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.3/10 from 911 votes

Directed by J. Lee Thompson.

Top cast

• Gregory Peck as Capt. Keith Mallory
• David Niven as Cpl. John Anthony Miller
• Anthony Quinn as Col. Andrea Stavros
• Stanley Baker as Pvt. 'Butcher' Brown
• Anthony Quayle as Maj. Roy Franklin
• James Darren as Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos
• Irene Papas as Maria Pappadimos
• Gia Scala as Anna
• James Robertson Justice as Commodore Jensen / Prologue Narrator
• Richard Harris as Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Guns of Navarone

• United States: stream on Netflix; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix; rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store
• India: stream on Netflix; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Canada: stream on Netflix; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Foxtel Now; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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