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One of the most popular World War II films ever made, The Guns of Navarone boasts a superb international cast, lavish production values, picturesque locations, cliff-hanging action, and Oscar-winning special effects. Adapted from Alistair MacLean's bestselling novel, Navarone, the film follows a team of Allied commandos that includes an American officer (Gregory Peck), a British explosives expert (David Niven), and a Greek freedom fighter (Anthony Quinn). Their landing on a Greek island and subsequent attempt to destroy a battery of huge guns deployed by Nazis in a seemingly impregnable fortress consume nearly three hours, but director J. Lee Thompson (Cape Fear) never allows the pace to flag. He keeps viewers riveted with a succession of breathtaking stunts and narrow escapes, while the actors supply top-notch performances. An intelligent, suspenseful wartime drama that garnered seven Academy Award nominations, The Guns of Navarone is just as fresh and exciting today as it was upon original release nearly 40 years ago. Ed Hulse

All Movie Guide

The guns of Navarone are huge Nazi cannons, installed on an Aegean island behind enemy lines. Anthony Quayle is the officer assigned by the British to lead a task force to put the guns out of commission. When Quayle is injured, the mission winds up in the relatively inexperienced hands of Gregory Peck. There's little love lost between Peck, explosives expert David Niven and Greek patriot Anthony Quinn, especially when it becomes known that there's a traitor in their midst. Resistance leader Irene Papas weeds out the traitor, but there's still those guns to take care of. Filmed on location in Rhodes and distinguished by Oscar-winning special effects, Guns of Navarone (based on Alistair MacLean's best-seller was a major box-office hit of 1961; less successful was the pared-down 1977 sequel, Force Ten From Navarone. Hal Erickson

Product Details

• UPC: 043396721296
• Source: SONY PICTURES
• Region Code: 1
• Aspect Ratio: Cinemascope (2.35:1)
• Presentation: Wide Screen
• Sound: Dolby Digital, stereo, monaural
• Language: English, Español, Français
• Subtitles: English, Français, Español, Portugais, Chinese, Korean, Thai
• Time: 2:36:00
• Sales Rank: 1,271

This DVD is also available as part of a box set:

• WWII - 60th Anniversary Commemorative Box Set 2

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