The Guns of Navarone (1961) Cast & Crew

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Directed by J. Lee Thompson.

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
• Bryan Forbes as Cohn
• Allan Cuthbertson as Maj. Baker
• Michael Trubshawe as Weaver
• Percy Herbert as Sgt. Grogan
• George Mikell as SS Hauptman 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
• William Hoehne Jr. as German Officer on Navarone
• Andrew Andreas as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
• Victor Beaumont as German Officer in Gun Cave (uncredited)
• Jack Cooper as German Soldier on Patrol Boat (uncredited)
• Carl Duering as German Radar Operator (uncredited)
• Peter Evans as German Soldier (uncredited)
• Chick Fowles as German Soldier (uncredited)
• Wolf Frees as Radio Operator (uncredited)
• Alan Gibbs as German Officer (uncredited)
• Peter Grant as British Commando (uncredited)
• Gerard Heinz as German surgeon (uncredited)
• Frank Henson as Radio operator (uncredited)
• Arthur Howell as German Officer (uncredited)
• Walter Kightly as German Soldier (uncredited)
• Rosemary Nicols as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
• Robert Rietti as Mallory - German Voice (voice) (uncredited)
• Michael Sarne as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
• Bob Simmons as German Soldier on Navarone (uncredited)

Crew

• Carl Foreman — Screenplay
• J. Lee Thompson — Director
• Alistair MacLean — Novel
• Oswald Morris — Director of Photography
• Carl Foreman — Producer
• Dimitri Tiomkin — Original Music Composer

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